The Lewiston college has not been hit as hard as anticipated by costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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Augusta man pegs Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as location in mystery photo
A photograph that might show the daughter of a World War II Royal Navy sailor was apparently taken in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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Searching for a sister he’s never known
Did a World War II Royal Navy sailor from England have a secret daughter in Lewiston? His son hopes to find her.
Posted inLocal & State
Chellie Pingree touted by progressives for U.S. secretary of agriculture
Maine’s 1st District U.S. House member among a few possible picks eyed by President-elect Joe Biden
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
State probes five COVID-19 outbreaks in western Maine
The pandemic claimed another life in Androscoggin County as the virus spreads.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Five more Bates students test positive; 62 now quarantined
Four of the students whose tests came back positive late Tuesday were close contacts of a classmate who had already come down with the disease.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
‘Deepening concern’ as more COVID-19 cases hit Bates College
Students told to stay on campus until they go home for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Politics
Jared Golden declares victory, promises a positive approach to politics
Republican Dale Crafts conceded in a call to Golden mid-day Wednesday.
Posted inElections, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
Signature campaign underway to require citizenship to vote in Maine
A wealthy Wisconsin conservative is funding a push by organizers for a ballot question next fall.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Politics
Analysis: All eyes are on Maine’s 2nd District
The White House may hinge on whether Donald Trump won voters in rural Maine