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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PublishedJuly 8, 2024
Lewiston firm in a pickle over Pickle Juice clampdown
Lawsuit against a Texas beverage maker seeks to restore ability to sell products on Amazon.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2024
July 7, 1949: The deadliest day for public safety officers in Auburn and Lewiston
Seventy-five years ago Sunday, 2 fire trucks crashed into each other in Auburn, killing 2 firefighters and a police officer. The cause remains somewhat unclear.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2024
Jared Golden joins effort to honor ‘Star Wars’ actor James Earl Jones
Last week, Golden signed on as co-sponsor of the James Earl Jones Congressional Gold Medal Act.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2024
Auburn psychologist killed in Maine Turnpike crash
A 49-year-old refugee, husband and father who built a successful life in America died Monday after a tire hit his car.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2024
Jared Golden says Donald Trump will win ‘and I’m OK with that’
The Lewiston Democrat predicts that President Biden will lose the election in November, and that democracy will not fail because ‘no one man is strong enough to take it away from us.’
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PublishedJune 27, 2024
Sen. Joe Manchin donates to King, Golden reelection campaigns
Manchin has a record of endorsing candidates from both sides of the political aisle. He backed U.S. Sen. Susan Collins during her hotly contested 2020 reelection campaign.
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PublishedJune 17, 2024
Susan Collins wins ‘Whole Hog Award’ for bringing home the bacon
Maine’s senior senator snagged more money for her state than any of her colleagues.
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PublishedJune 16, 2024
Documents reveal police officers’ ‘courageous’ response to Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston
Firsthand reports by individual Lewiston, Auburn and Androscoggin County officers describe courage, caring in the horrific first hours.
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PublishedJune 12, 2024
Maine Republican lawmaker quits in disgust after congressional primary
John Andrews of Paris said GOP voters picked the wrong man to take on U.S. Rep. Jared Golden and he can’t represent them any more.
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PublishedJune 7, 2024
Bernard Lown honored at Friday ceremony unveiling new portrait
‘A Lewiston hero’ remembered as a force for peace and progress
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