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 3, 2024
Jared Golden’s golden August as a tourist in Maine
Lewiston’s congressman spent the month “mostly away from the well-worn campaign trail.”
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PublishedAugust 30, 2024
Plans underway to commemorate Lewiston mass shooting anniversary
Organizers are putting together free event at The Colisèe on Oct. 25 to mark Lewiston’s darkest day.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2024
Republicans take aim at Jared Golden’s refusal to disclose his presidential preference
Experts say remaining mum likely won’t hurt the Lewiston Democrat at the polls.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2024
Congressional candidate vows to join an Oxford Speedway race to raise money for Lewiston shooting victims
Austin Theriault hopes to unseat three-term Democrat Jared Golden of Lewiston
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PublishedAugust 21, 2024
Schemengees Bar & Grille co-owner David Lebel dies at 57
The Lebels bought Schemengees more than a quarter century ago because, they once said, they both loved pool so much.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2024
Three congressional candidate debates slated in Maine’s 2nd District
Jared Golden and Austin Theriault plan to face off three times in six days in early October.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2024
The ‘time for accountability’ is at hand, lawyers for mass shooting victims say
Attorneys for about 90 family members and victims vow action for ‘massive failures’ by authorities who didn’t stop the killer.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2024
Susan Collins remains mum about her 2020 vote for president
Maine’s senior senator won’t say if she voted four years ago for Trump, Biden or someone else.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2024
100 years ago, KKK stunned Lewiston with gunpowder and a huge, flaming cross
The Aug. 10, 1924, scene atop Mount David highlighted the growing power of the racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic group in Maine
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PublishedAugust 7, 2024
US House speaker campaigns for Austin Theriault at Auburn Mall
Mike Johnson touts Republican congressional hopeful Austin Theriault, who seeks the 2nd Congressional District seat held by U.S. Rep. Jared Golden.
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