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 18, 2024
He heard the Lewiston mass shooter firing inside the bar. So he cut the power ‘to put him in the dark’
Called a hero for turning off the lights at Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant, Mike Roderick details what happened on Oct. 25, 2023.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
Lewiston plans a memorial for Oct. 25 mass shooting
New committee will soon begin planning a memorial and related events.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2024
Obscure social networking app causing problems at Bates College
College president urges deletion of Blind Tiger app that he said is being used to ‘demean and humiliate’ fellow students.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2024
Maine voters may have to wait until 2026 to vote on new state flag proposal
A bill endorsed last week would push off the referendum for two years and would create a five-member commission to recommend a new flag design to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2024
A Mechanic Falls bridge may be named after solo sailor who vanished 40 years ago
Lawmakers seek to rename a bridge after Bill Dunlop, who crossed oceans in a one-man sailboat.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2024
Rescued from the flames: Treasured 1858 memoir by former slave retrieved from Rumford farm
Harriet Beecher Stowe met Josiah Henson, who became a model, in part, for her novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2024
Every member of Bates College’s famed debate team resigns
The college says it will look into the turmoil as Brooks Quimby Debate Council submits resignation letter.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2024
Long-lost murals from a Chicago courtroom turn up in Maine
Murals detailing the history of law vanished during the 1965 demolition of Chicago’s courthouse.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2024
Lawmakers may require Maine cities to allow more homeless shelters
Angry that Lewiston imposed a moratorium in 2022 to block a shelter, legislators are pushing a bill to prevent it from happening again.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2024
U.S. Mint to issue dollar coin in May featuring Lewiston’s Bernard Lown
The inventor of the direct current defibrillator will be featured as part of the mint’s American Innovations series.
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