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 1, 2020
Vaccine question pits science versus choice
Supporters of Question 1 argue parents, not the state, should decide if children should be vaccinated. Opponents, including every major medical group in Maine, say immunizations save lives.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2020
The ‘unconquerable’ Mary Wheelwright Mitchell
When every other female student at Bates College quit under pressure in the 1860s, Mary Mitchell refused to leave. That legacy stands today as one of the school’s greatest sources of pride.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2020
Republicans, Democrats split on whether to back Question 1
Maine Republican candidates favor vaccine referendum, Democrats oppose it and independents vary on how to vote.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2020
Maine Democrats wary of endorsing presidential candidates
Jared Golden says Michael Bloomberg would be the wrong choice but doesn’t express a preference among the others.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2020
Maine charity working to preserve languages worldwide
Rockland activists, whose work is featured in new Netflix documentary airing Friday in Camden, seeks social justice by preserving, fostering rare languages.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2020
Bloomberg backers stop in Lewiston to make case for former New York City mayor
They say Bernie Sanders at the top of the Democratic ticket would hurt U.S. Rep. Jared Golden’s reelection chances.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2020
Susan Collins complains about misleading campaign advertising
At Republican dinner Saturday in Lewiston that barred the press, Maine’s senior senator expresses hope for winning a fifth term this year.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2020
‘Cult’ leader Gary Blankenship loses eviction fight in St. Agatha
Facebook followers told he will look for “someplace warmer”
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2020
‘Cult’ leader in St. Agatha may face eviction
Gary Blankenship has a court date Friday that could lead to him moving farther “off the radar.”
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2020
Tens of thousands of Mainers may face exposure to excessive levels of arsenic
Lawmakers consider a bill to spur more testing of private wells and perhaps lower the allowable amount of arsenic in drinking water.
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