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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PublishedSeptember 1, 2019
During 1972 presidential race, Muskie faced at least 3 death threats
FBI records show details of several investigations into claims the Democratic Maine senator would be shot or bombed.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2019
Libertarian group says Maine making most of highway funding
A report by the Reason Foundation, which is skeptical of government spending, says Maine has the nation’s 4th-best highways.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2019
A century after Prohibition, some Maine towns are still dry
Three dozen small Maine towns — home to more than 12,000 — have maintained bans on booze, beer and wine sales long after Prohibition’s national repeal.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2019
Racism at Edward Little highlighted in The Boston Globe
Auburn officials say racial issues at high school deserve more attention but insist the city’s high school is typical in the problems it faces.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2019
Bates College receives its largest-ever federal grant
Nearly $4 million from the National Science Foundation will allow the college to create a new database of video images useful for research on artificial intelligence and neuroscience.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2019
The strange tale of a Maine balloonist who vanished in 1885
Wealthy Frederick Gower disappeared after his balloon wound up in the English Channel and put an end to his plan to develop a way to drop dynamite on London or Paris in future wars with the help of wind-borne bombing.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2019
Democratic ‘dark money’ group targets Sen. Collins
Maine Momentum has reserved $722,000 worth of advertising through early January to ‘educate’ voters about Maine’s senior senator as she heads into a reelection year.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2019
Eric Brakey files to challenge Rep. Golden in 2nd Congressional District
Auburn Republican Eric Brakey filed with the FEC Monday as a formal candidate in the sprawling rural district that’s up for grabs in next year’s race.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2019
Do you know this man? Mysterious marble bust unearthed in Brownfield backyard
Antiquarians are trying to identify a bust that somebody found buried in a Brownfield backyard in Oxford County.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2019
Bucking trend, Rep. Golden opposes House impeachment inquiry
Maine’s 2nd District congressman says going after Trump would only contribute to partisan rancor.
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