Meyer, who started as a journalist with the paper in 1990, has become a champion of open government access and the public’s right to know.
Steve Collins
Columnist
Steve Collins became an opinion columnist for the Maine Trust for Local News in April of 2025. A journalist since 1987, Steve has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine and served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. The Maine Press Association named him Maine's Journalist of the Year in 2022. Among his other awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award, the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015 and the Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Steve 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, 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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Maine’s coldest case: Police still trying to solve 1954 murder of 12-year-old boy in Auburn
Despite years of investigation, authorities have never figured out who murdered Kenny Wood Jr. from Gray.
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Maine’s cannabis chief investigated for possible conflict of interest
A legislative panel agrees to look into ties between John Hudak and a firm hired to track marijuana plants from seedling to sale.
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Sabattus man is the new namesake of North Carolina’s Fort Bragg
World War II Pfc. Roland L. Bragg lived in Maine until his 1999 death and is remembered as a hero. He replaces the fort’s original namesake, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bates College joins national group to help low-income students attend elite schools
The nonprofit Questbridge adds Bates College, Harvard College and the University of Richmond to its roster of partners in higher education.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Nation & World, Politics
Golden bill would force federal agencies to have offices outside DC
Bureaucrats should operate closer to the people impacted by federal rules and regulations, the lawmaker said.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Rep. Jared Golden backs 2 constitutional amendments
The Democrat is seeking term limits and an amendment that would require a supermajority to pass almost all bills before the Senate.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Nation & World, Politics
Jared Golden received a holiday bomb threat at his home
The Capitol Police say threats to members of Congress are on the rise and require more effort to protect them outside of Washington.
Posted inNews
Bates College will no longer hire students to model nude
Life drawing courses have relied on student models since 1997, but will no longer.
Posted inAnimals, Maine, News
‘Year of Togo’ will draw attention to a legendary Maine sled dog
Next month, Togo’s Maine descendants will retrace his famous, life-saving race across Alaska to celebrate its 100th anniversary.