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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PublishedNovember 8, 2019
Reopening Saddleback will bring more than skiing back to Rangeley area
A range of emotions in Rangeley — “I think everybody around here is very excited,” “I don’t think they want to celebrate until that line is signed” — around the new Saddleback Mountain sale announcement.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2019
Recount slated for Ward 7 City Council race in Lewiston
LEWISTON — There will be a recount next week in the Ward 7 City Council race after an initial tally put challenger Stephanie Gelinas ahead of incumbent Michael Marcotte by less than a 1% margin. Tuesday’s preliminary results gave Gelinas 389 votes compared to 384 for Marcotte. A third candidate, Kaitlyn Meagan Rourke, collected 140. […]
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PublishedNovember 7, 2019
Rankings show Maine’s hospitals are safest in the country
A watchdog group says most Maine hospitals, including Lewiston’s CMMC, get an A grade for patient safety.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2019
Lewiston stars in two offerings at Bates Film Festival
Documentaries focused on the city’s diverse cultures slated for free showings Thursday at Bates Colllege.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2019
Promised $2.5 million and a Mercedes, an Auburn senior wound up losing her life savings
Barbara Hinckley, 95, lost everything to a sweet-talking scam artist who told her she’d placed second in a sweepstakes for the Publisher’s Clearing House.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2019
Signs of scams and how to avoid them
The Maine Attorney General’s Office advises that as a general rule, all scams have similar traits. Here are some obvious ones that raise red flags in its Consumer Protection Division. — You are contacted out of the blue. Anyone who calls, emails, sends you a letter, texts or comes to your dooryard out of the […]
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PublishedNovember 3, 2019
Hour Town: Did anybody really know what time it was in L-A in 1921?
As Daylight Saving Time was instituted during World War I, losing or gaining an hour caused big drama and confusion in Lewiston-Auburn.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2019
Jared Golden favors formal impeachment inquiry to investigate President Trump
Maine’s 2nd Congressional District representative remains unsure whether the president should be impeached, but favors a fair process to figure out what Donald Trump has done.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2019
Maine aims to test every toddler for possible lead poisoning
A new law requires screenings for every child at ages 1 and 2 in bid to catch lead exposure early and minimize the health impact it can have.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2019
Maine aims to test every toddler for possible lead poisoning
A new law requires screenings for every child at ages 1 and 2 in bid to catch lead exposure early and minimize the health impact it can have.
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