This week’s planned reopening of Lewiston bowling alley at 24 Mollison Way runs counter to national trend.
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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Maine lawmaker warns Nebraska not to monkey with its electoral votes
Maine state House majority leader says if Nebraska tries to help Donald Trump, Maine may act to boost Joe Biden
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Sen. Angus King joins bipartisan push to develop oversight of potentially dangerous AI use
Four U.S. senators offer framework to guard against ‘bad actors looking to cause harm.’
Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
U.S. House, Senate candidates in Maine haul in campaign cash
In 2nd District Republican primary, Austin Theriault holds big fundraising lead.
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Eclipse watchers become traffic watchers on clogged Maine roads
More than 10 times the normal traffic levels turned many rural Maine roads into bumper-to-bumper congestion
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Video: Eclipse watchers settle into Rangeley to ‘witness celestial mechanics in motion’
There were many woos and aaaahhhhs as people took off special glasses that let them look at the sun and stared with naked eyes at the astonishing sight of the moon replacing the sun.
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Maine got lucky with Monday’s solar eclipse
Totality lasted two and a half minutes. But everyone who saw it will never forget what they witnessed.
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Maine to allow more hoop houses and greenhouses for residents to grow food
A legal change removes building code provisions that made it hard to erect the structures in urban areas.
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Jared Golden said he’s not worried about Trump’s endorsement of opponent
Former president backed Republican Austin Theriault’s bid for Maine’s 2nd District seat.
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Maine gets ready for first total eclipse in 6 decades
Odds of a cloudy day are high, but hopes remain high.