Malik Hall, replaced last year as coach, filed a civil rights lawsuit last week against the Lewiston college.
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.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Lawmakers back long-sought upgrade of Androscoggin River water quality
Legislators unanimously endorse upping water standards from Lisbon Falls to Merrymeeting Bay.
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‘My entire nation is in torture,’ says Bates student from Ukraine
A first-year student at the Lewiston college worries about friends and family in his homeland.
Posted inElection 2022, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Seth Carey’s bid for district attorney rejected by state election officials
Secretary of State’s office says Carey is not a registered Republican and can’t run in the party’s June 14 primary.
Posted inMaine
Push to allow hunting on Sundays falls short in Augusta
A legislative panel voted 8-3 against a proposal to lift a longtime ban on Sunday hunting in Maine
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Nation & World
Veterans caucus, Maine’s Jared Golden play crucial role in War on Terrorism memorial
A former U.S. Army Green Beret leading the effort says the memorial to those who served following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is ‘an amazing opportunity for us as a nation to step forward and honor them.’
Posted inMaine, Politics
Liz Caruso forces Bruce Poliquin into a Republican primary for Maine’s 2nd District seat
Rank-and-file Republicans will choose their standard bearer on June 14 to face Jared Golden in the fall.
Posted inMaine
Sen. Angus King hails Arctic Council decision to pause cooperation with Russia
Seven nations touching on the Arctic are boycotting sessions with Russia and pausing their work on the council because of the Ukraine invasion.
Posted inMaine
Ten state boards may get the ax for doing too little
Lawmakers weighing the fate of panels watching over everything from combat sports to seaweed.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
New York police make arrest in murder of former Lewiston resident Alpo Martinez
A New York City man, 27, already in custody, was charged late Sunday with the Halloween slaying of the convicted murderer and drug dealer, who moved to Lewiston and lived quietly under a federal witness protection program for five years.