The former Wilton lawmaker, an independent, will be deciding “pretty soon” whether to seek election next year for state’s top job against Governor Janet Mills and former Governor Paul LePage.
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 inElections, Local & State, Politics
Caratunk woman to challenge Poliquin for nomination in Maine’s 2nd District
Elizabeth Caruso, a leader in the fight against the NECEC project, jumps into congressional race to unseat Jared Golden.
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Posted inLocal & State
‘Atlas of Imagined Places’ plots the locales of fictional Maine landmarks
A new book aims to pinpoint where to find everything from Hogwarts to Castle Rock, if they actually existed.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Murdered New York drug kingpin ‘wasn’t hiding’ in Lewiston, friend says
Alberto “Alpo” Martinez may have kept a low profile in Lewiston, but he still partied with those he knew from his days as a cocaine overlord, according to a friend he made early in his stay in Maine.
Posted inElections, News, Politics
Leader of Maine Senate Republicans Jeff Timberlake seeks a third term in the state Senate
GOP leader from Turner is running in new 17th District.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Former drug kingpin led surprisingly simple life in Lewiston
Alpo Martinez, slain in Harlem on Halloween, had been a friendly neighbor on College Street with a lot of girlfriends.
Posted inLocal & State
State not doing enough to protect iconic birds, loon lovers say
Proposed state rules governing boat racing on Maine lakes fall short of wildlife protection that’s needed, loon advocates argue
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
A former drug kingpin killed in New York had been hiding in Lewiston
Alpo Martinez spent time in the federal witness protection program under an assumed name in Lewiston after his 2015 release from prison
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
The life and legend of Worumbo, a Native American in colonial Maine
His name and image have long been associated with Lisbon, but except for some tall tales and a few hints, much of the man’s actual life is a mystery and will likely remain that way.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Lewiston-Auburn, Sports
Tom Caron: ‘A kid from Lewiston, Maine’ with a front row seat for Boston sports
Tom Caron talked about Red Sox baseball at Thursday’s Great Falls Forum.