New book’s proceeds will help fund a gun control charity.
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 inBusiness, Local & State
Could passenger rail service be coming to central Maine? State lawmakers are pushing for it.
Proposal calls to connect Waterville, Lewiston, Auburn and Bangor to Portland
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There may be a mass shooting memorial in Lewiston’s future
Across America, cities and towns have erected memorials after mass shootings to provide a place to mourn and perhaps heal.
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Lewiston bowling alley preparing to reopen after mass shooting
A social media post says ‘We look forward to seeing everyone soon.’
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Fund opens applications for aid to Lewiston mass shooting victims
More than $2.4 million available for families and survivors of the Oct. 25 mass shooting.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
Jared Golden opposes decision to bar Trump from Maine ballot
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree is the only member of Maine’s congressional delegation who expressed support for the decision to keep Donald Trump off the the Republican primary ballot.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
After Lewiston shootings, gun control is a serious campaign issue in Maine
Candidates for U.S. House, U.S. Senate differ on best approach to guns
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How ‘true heroes’ tried to stop a killer at a Lewiston bowling alley
Two women who survived the Oct. 25 mass shooting tell the story of how their partners fell victim trying to save others.
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With ‘deep sadness’ Gov. Janet Mills ponders Lewiston mass shooting
No easy answers for what should come next, but determined to consider every option.
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‘Survive. Survive. Survive’: Lewiston shooting survivor is figuring out a new path
Despite grievous injuries from the Oct. 25 mass shooting, Ben Dyer aims to live a normal life again.