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 17, 2020
No easy answers for local restaurants and bars responding to coronavirus threat
Some Lewiston-Auburn establishments have closed, others shifted to takeout only and some are just limiting numbers and trying to stay clean.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2020
Two Maine candidates for U.S. Senate staying home after possible COVID-19 exposure
A Democrat and an independent are self-quarantining rather than risk spreading virus along the campaign trail.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2020
‘Big, big forces bearing down on’ humanities community
Maine Humanities Council director searches for light in the dark time caused by a dangerous new virus.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2020
Maine’s campaigns turned upside down by coronavirus
Candidates emphasize online presence, avoid handshakes and struggle to get petition signatures amid virus fears.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2020
Bates College to close its campus and send students home
The Lewiston campus is the last NESCAC college to yield to the potentially deadly coronavirus.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2020
Lewiston’s d’Youville Pavilion bans visitors to protect residents
Nursing homes are screening or barring visitors in a bid to stave off COVID-19, also known as a coronavirus.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2020
Fake flyers at Bates showed ‘blatant disregard’ for efforts to inform community of COVID-19 dangers
College officials decried the hoax and urged students, faculty and staff to ignore the flyers, which carried a forged signature of Bates’ president.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2020
Despite coronavirus threat, Bates College expects to finish academic year as planned
Bates officials in Lewiston are preparing for online teaching in case shutting classrooms becomes best way to deal with the COVID-19 threat.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2020
Polling places are busy as voters show up for primaries and Question 1
Voting has been busy in Lewiston and beyond, officials said. And voters are happy to have a nice day to go to the polls.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2020
Voters go to the polls today to decide vaccine question, party primaries
Democrats, Republicans to choose U.S. presidential picks.
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