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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PublishedMarch 24, 2020
Some hospitals screening everyone for COVID-19 symptoms
Central Maine Healthcare checking employees, patients and visitors for symptoms.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2020
How Lewiston’s biggest hospital responded to the growing COVID-19 threat
Internal memos from Central Maine Healthcare show its rapidly escalating preparation to deal with deadly new virus this month.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2020
TD Bank’s Auburn call center sends 38 workers home after some got sick
Five employees’ symptoms raised concerns about coronavirus exposure.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2020
Masks and other protective gear running short at Central Maine Medical Center
Like many of its counterparts, Central Maine Medical Center is ‘conserving our resources’ to ensure it has masks, gloves and more for healthcare workers dealing the coronavirus.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2020
Republican congressional contenders clash over appropriate campaigning during emergency
Adrienne Bennett accused Eric Brakey of putting elderly and sick at risk from COVID-19 by knocking on doors in a bid to gain more 2nd District votes.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2020
Lewiston and Auburn schools among many that won’t reopen until at least April 27
School districts across the state announced they will remain closed through Friday, April 24.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2020
When area colleges sent students home, not everybody left
When coronavirus fears closed campuses, some had nowhere else to go.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2020
Food bank calls on Mainers to stop hoarding
Good Shepherd president says hoarders are ‘creating a crisis’ by snatching up months’ worth of food and emptying out grocery stores.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2020
Call centers pose ‘pretty high’ risk for coronavirus exposure, expert says
After worker complaints, TD Bank lets more of its Auburn call center workers stay home, beefs up cleaning.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2020
CMHC says it can’t provide COVID-19 tests to show people are healthy
Central Maine Healthcare says it faces a barrage of test requests from people seeking to show their bosses they don’t have the disease.
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