Independent Tiffany Bond’s entry into the contest sees a return to the campaign trail by the three contenders who got the most votes in 2018.
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, Maine, News
Central Maine’s goats like to pig out on Christmas trees
Many farmers like to pitch old trees into animals’ pens to give them something fresh and green during long, difficult winters
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Posted inHealth
It may be time to upgrade from cloth masks to hi-tech ones, experts say
Better masks will better block transmission of the virus, especially omicron, some say.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools and Education
Fearing omicron spread, Bates College imposes new COVID-19 restrictions
Bates College closes campus buildings to outsiders, shuts down in-person dining hall and more to limit threat from new variant
Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
Paul LePage tells Tom Saviello to ‘bring it on’
Former governor said he would love to see the ex-lawmaker from Wilton jump into the 2022 gubernatorial race, but it’s not clear what will happen.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
After COVID-19 nearly killed him, Mike Perkins drops out of Republican primary
Four contenders are vying for Republican backing in Maine’s 2nd District primary for the right to face Rep. Jared Golden next year.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Bates College now requires booster shots for students in a bid to keep college safer from COVID-19
Bates aims to avoid the campus closures that have hit other colleges as omicron variant takes hold.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Development centered on Maine’s forests may get up to $100 million from U.S. program
A University of Maine proposal to accelerate growth of the forest bio-economy is a finalist for possible funding from a federal agency
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools and Education
Booster shots encouraged but not required for Bates College students
The Lewiston college says more COVID-19 restrictions may be needed next semester, but not yet and maybe never.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Max Linn, a colorful candidate, dead at 62
Linn privately speculated in 2020 that he may have caught COVID-19 during a trip to Wuhan in late 2019.