The community has always soldiered on, counting on its own people and its own resources to create something better.
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.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Nation & World, News
Biden’s visit likely to consist mostly of private meetings with victims’ families
The White House provided few details of the Friday afternoon trip to Lewiston by President Biden and first lady Jill Biden.
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Posted inFootball, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Rob Gronkowski and Will Ferrell urge a big audience for a big game in Lewiston tonight
Some well known names, including Robert Kraft and Mac Jones of the Patriots, are psyched for Lewiston and Auburn’s football game this evening.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Lewiston vigil draws thousands to basilica to honor the slain
Speakers urge community to ‘stick together’ and stay strong after a gunman killed 18 people last week.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Darkness and hope during shooting spree at Schemengees Bar & Grille
One witness held a dying man as he watched the gunman walk past while shooting patrons.
Posted inElections, Lewiston-Auburn
Republicans criticize Jared Golden for reversing his stance on assault weapons
Congressional challengers say the Democratic lawmaker should not have played ‘politics’ by supporting assault weapons ban
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Police still hunting for suspect more than 24 hours after 18 people killed in Lewiston
Police have issued murder warrants for Robert Card, of Bowdoin, in the shootings that spawned a night of terror for people at bowling alley and a bar.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime
Multiple dead, wounded in Lewiston shootings; police give few details on overnight search for gunman
A massive manhunt is underway after Maine State Police identified Robert Card, 40, of Bowdoin as person of interest in the shootings. A shelter-in-place order remains in effect for all of Androscoggin County, with residents told to stay in their homes and keep doors locked.
Posted inLocal & State
FBI data shows Maine’s violent crime rate lower in 2022 than it’s been in more than four decades
Though the murder rate rose slightly in 2022 in Maine, decreases in rapes, robberies and assaults brought down the overall volume of crime.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Memorial service slated for Barbara Hinckley; she was scammed out her savings and helped by a potluck fundraiser
Former Gov. John Baldacci hosted a fundraiser to help the Auburn senior after finding out about the scam.