The painting of the inventor of the defibrillator and a Nobel Peace Prize honoree is part of Brooksville artist Robert Shetterly’s ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ series.
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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In Lewiston, state commission hears testimony on police response to 2023 mass shooting
State police chief said there is ‘always room for improvement,’ but he is proud of what police did during the Oct. 25 incident that killed 18 people.
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Young people need more social media protection, senators say
Maine’s Angus King backs a bipartisan bill to restrict use by youngsters and clamp down on tech firms.
Posted inSchools and Education
The presidents of Bates College
1863-1894, Oren Cheney 1894-1919, George Colby Chase 1920-1944, Clifton Daggett Gray 1944-1967, Charles Phillips 1967-1989, Thomas Reynolds 1989-2002, Donald Harward 2002-2011, Elaine Tuttle Hansen 2012-2023, Clayton Spencer 2023-present, Garry Jenkins
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Garry Jenkins formally installed as 9th president of Bates College
‘A joyful day’ for college as it recognizes its first Black and gay leader.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Just-In-Time Recreation one of few mass shooting sites in country to reopen
This week’s planned reopening of Lewiston bowling alley at 24 Mollison Way runs counter to national trend.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Maine lawmaker warns Nebraska not to monkey with its electoral votes
Maine state House majority leader says if Nebraska tries to help Donald Trump, Maine may act to boost Joe Biden
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
Sen. Angus King joins bipartisan push to develop oversight of potentially dangerous AI use
Four U.S. senators offer framework to guard against ‘bad actors looking to cause harm.’
Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
U.S. House, Senate candidates in Maine haul in campaign cash
In 2nd District Republican primary, Austin Theriault holds big fundraising lead.
Posted inLocal & State
Eclipse watchers become traffic watchers on clogged Maine roads
More than 10 times the normal traffic levels turned many rural Maine roads into bumper-to-bumper congestion