Bates tells students they need to test negative for the disease before coming to Lewiston but won’t require tests once they’re here.
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, Local & State
U.S. Sen. Angus King helped funnel $9 million to projects in Androscoggin, Franklin counties
Federal money to assist with internet access, development and infrastructure in Androscoggin and Franklin counties.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
‘I’ve never known anyone so ready to meet Jesus’: Friends remember Turner woman killed in hit-and-run
Friends say Tina White loved children and always had extra beds at her home for children who needed temporary shelter as part of her work with the Families for Children organization.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
Maine police union backs Golden, LePage in this year’s election
Law enforcement support for the Lewiston Democrat’s reelection bid is a surprise that counters most Republican criticism of lawmaker.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Swift action saves life of 8-year-old on Bear Pond Beach in Turner
A young girl is alive today because bystanders acted quickly after she began drowning Thursday.
Posted inElection 2022, News
Ed Rabasco Jr. secures ballot spot for district attorney election
Poland Democrat earned more than three times the needed write-ins during the June primary and will run against GOP contender Neil McLean in November for the Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties DA post.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Bruce Poliquin and Jared Golden in dead heat in fundraising race in Maine’s 2nd
Independent Tiffany Bond has spent $1,100 so far while the major party candidates each have $2.3 million in their coffers
Posted inNews
Teen ends up smelling like a rose after helping a skunk
Confronted by a skunk in the road with a cup stuck over its head, a teen rushed to help
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
Republicans say Lewiston key to victories in November
At Friday’s Maine GOP Unity Rally party leaders say things are looking bright for their candidates this year.
Posted inElection 2022, Local & State
Maine’s 2nd District congressional race looks awfully familiar
All three of this year’s candidates vying for the U.S. House seat were on the ballot in 2018