A journalist since 1987, Steve Collins has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine. He has served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. Among his awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award and the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015. Collins is a founder and board president of Youth Journalism International, a charity that teaches students around the globe about news writing, media literacy and issues of the day. His wife, Jackie Majerus-Collins, serves as its executive director. Born in Massachusetts, he grew up in a military family that took him to Norway, Ohio and Virginia, where he earned a degree in history from the University of Virginia. He and Jackie live in Auburn. They have two adult children, two collies and not enough time.
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PublishedApril 18, 2022
Sabbathday Shakers seek to grow with new project and new plans
America’s last Shaker village snags $750,000 federal grant to help renovate its historic Herb House as a year-round attraction.
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PublishedApril 14, 2022
Bruce Poliquin and Jared Golden vie for campaign cash
The two leading congressional contenders in Maine’s 2nd District have similar war chests heading into a tough race.
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PublishedApril 13, 2022
Bates College aims for a new union vote by its employees
Bates hopes the national labor board will rule in its favor on who can join the union and order a new vote by eligible workers who want one.
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PublishedApril 12, 2022
Seth Carey loses case against district attorney hopeful
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows rules Carey failed to prove DA contender Neal McLean Jr. did anything wrong.
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PublishedApril 11, 2022
Controversy swirls around process for RSU 16 budget vote
Directors urge revision of a pamphlet prepared by the district that urged abolishing the annual budget vote at the polls.
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PublishedApril 11, 2022
Lewiston city councilor seeks state House seat
Robert McCarthy announces intention to take on incumbent Democrat Margaret Craven
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PublishedApril 9, 2022
Bates College accused of racial discrimination by its former football coach
Malik Hall, replaced as coach last year, filed a civil rights lawsuit last week against the elite Lewiston college that once employed him
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PublishedMarch 30, 2022
Lawmakers back long-sought upgrade of Androscoggin River water quality
Legislators unanimously endorse upping water standards from Lisbon Falls to Merrymeeting Bay.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2022
Seth Carey fails to offer evidence against district attorney hopeful
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says she will issue ruling within the five days required by law.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2022
A boat, a pole, a dead husband. The tale of Katherine Cornish, Maine’s first execution for murder
Maine’s first murder trial, in 1644, was for a self-admitted adulteress who was found guilty with ample acknowledgment she was a “hussey” and a shocking lack of evidence she was a murderer.
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