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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PublishedAugust 12, 2021
After heated debate, RSU 16 opts to require masks in elementary schools
The three-town school district left it to parents and students in middle and high school to decide whether to wear face coverings.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2021
Bruce Poliquin lost his congressional race in 2018, but still insists he was the real victor
The former U.S. Representative maintains that he was the real winner of the nation’s first-ever ranked-choice voting race for the U.S. House.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2021
Maine projects hang in the balance as Congress wrangles over two whopping spending measures
The fate of a few Maine projects is at stake, including $1 million for Lewiston’s Bates Mill No. 5, and billions for roads, bridges, broadband and more.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2021
Bruce Poliquin’s bid for his old position fascinates Maine politics professors
Several keen observers said Jared Golden may be stronger than Republicans think — and Poliquin may face trouble in a primary.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2021
Bruce Poliquin seeks to reclaim his old seat in Congress
The two-term Republican hopes to knock out the Lewiston Democrat, who beat him in 2018, in next year’s U.S. House race in Maine’s 2nd District.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2021
Poland-based school district offering remote learning to medically vulnerable young students
POLAND — Kindergarten and elementary school students in Regional School Unit 16 will have the conditional option to continue remote learning this year. RSU 16 administrators plan to keep a remote learning option for the coming academic year for students through sixth grade, “who are determined to be medically unable to attend school in […]
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PublishedAugust 1, 2021
She didn’t get in a boat until age 30. Five years later, the Lewiston native won a kayaking medal at the Olympics.
How Glo Perrier found her passion on the Potomac River and went on to become one of the world’s top paddlers by teaming up with a 15-year-old at the first Tokyo games.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2021
She didn’t get in a boat until age 30. Five years later, the Lewiston native won a kayaking medal at the Olympics.
How Glo Perrier found her passion on the Potomac River and went on to become one of the world’s top rowers by teaming up with a 15-year-old at the first Tokyo games.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2021
With vaccine mandates for students in place, Bates College eyes a return to near normal in the fall
Vaccinated students will no longer need masks and won’t have to stay 6 feet apart anymore as most COVID-19 restrictions are dropped at the Lewiston campus.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2021
Bates College seeks to reduce heated interactions between students and campus security
New report on campus safety urges more residential life staffers and greater effort to ease tensions between safety officers and students at the Lewiston college.
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