Health officials say the shortage is only temporary and supplies of the high-dose shots often used by seniors will be available soon.
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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Secretive Facebook pages roil Lewiston’s mayoral campaign
Two social media pages purporting to back Mark Cayer’s mayoral bid are actually undermining it, the Democrat says.
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Ranked-choice voting has ‘Mainementum’ as it spreads across the country
Critics say election reformers ought to take a look at alternative voting systems before endorsing the one Maine adopted.
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Sara Gideon decries high prescription drug prices during campaign swing in Lewiston
A handpicked group talked to the Freeport Democrat Thursday about how the costs are affecting them.
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Dale Crafts formally declares candidacy for US House seat
Crafts says his backers include former Gov. Paul LePage and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Shawn Moody.
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Rally for President Trump draws both fans and foes to Lewiston
Mainers gather in front of U.S. Rep. Jared Golden’s office to pressure him on the looming impeachment battle in Washington.
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How a boy from the coast of Maine became a world famous female circus star
The life of Samuel Wasgatt, who performed under the name of Lulu in the 1870s, is just as odd as it sounds.
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Crafts, a former state lawmaker, plans to seek 2nd Congressional District seat
Adrienne Bennett, a former press secretary to ex-Gov. Paul LePage, has said she’s likely going to enter the contest as well.
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Looming shortage of qualified workers poses threat to Maine’s economy
Business and education leaders call for greater efforts to offer post-secondary opportunities for students to boost their skills and credentials.
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Maine’s Amish community expands into Wales; plans to renew farm lifestyle
The Androscoggin County town is thrilled to have a dozen Amish families moving in to grow vegetables and make cheese.