A journalist since 1987, Steve Collins has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine. He has served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. Among his awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award and the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015. Collins 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-Collins, 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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PublishedJanuary 26, 2020
Kapow! Black artists break the comic book mold
Five African-American artists talked recently about making their way through the changing world of comic books.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2020
Former Gov. Baldacci’s fundraiser raises $18,000 for 95-year-old Auburn scam victim
An effort spearheaded by former Gov. John Baldacci raised enough to replenish a 95-year-old Auburn woman’s retirement funds lost in a scam.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2020
Major labor law overhaul sought by Maine lawmakers
Democratic U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden back a measure that would block right-to-work laws and bolster America’s struggling unions.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2020
Jared Golden calls on Nancy Pelosi to hand over impeachment charges to Senate
The 2nd Congressional District Democrat said he wishes the House had tried harder to force testimony from key witnesses to dealings with Ukraine.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2020
Dinner raises money for 95-year-old Auburn woman who fell victim to scam
Hundreds attend spaghetti dinner to help Barbara Hinckley replace money she lost to a scammer last summer.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2020
Divisions at Seeds of Peace bring conflict to famed nonprofit
The recently ousted camp director in Maine declares its board is unrepresentative of the organization’s mission and caters to wealthy donors.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2020
Avangrid betting big on renewable energy
In addition to its controversial transmission line project in Maine, the firm is pushing two big wind farms off the coast of Nantucket Island to furnish green power to New England.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2020
Former Gov. Paul LePage really did move to Florida
The two-term Republican governor registered to vote in Ormond Beach, where he bought a house in 2018 while in office.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2020
Former Google exec now running for Senate in Maine decries company’s ‘greed, corruption’
Democrat Ross LaJeunesse of Biddeford says the company didn’t live up to its motto: Don’t be evil.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2020
New book brings more attention to Lewiston’s Somali community
Cynthia Anderson’s “Home Now” offers a portrait of a city coping with an influx of immigrants and discovering in the process a path to a brighter future.
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