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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PublishedMay 6, 2020
New Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program offers cash to help feed Maine’s children
Families whose children get free or reduced-price meals will get $382 per child to compensate them for what they missed after schools closed.
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PublishedMay 5, 2020
State issues citations as Bethel brew pub reopens again Tuesday
Sunday River Brewing Co. has tried to reopen twice in defiance of state pandemic restrictions.
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PublishedMay 4, 2020
Bethel brew pub owner says he will reopen again in defiance of state order
Rick Savage plans to begin serving customers Tuesday.
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
Republicans seeking U.S. House seat criticize Gov. Mills’ plan
Three contenders in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District call for state to reopen more quickly than the governor’s plan envisions.
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PublishedApril 27, 2020
Max Linn may wind up on this year’s U.S. Senate ballot
The retired Bar Habor financial planner, filed paperwork Friday to try to secure a spot as an independent in the state’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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PublishedApril 23, 2020
Jared Golden says Congress should stay in session
Lewiston congressman says there’s too much critical work for him to do everything at his kitchen table.
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PublishedApril 23, 2020
Maine Turnpike anticipates many more people on the road by summer
After seeing half its traffic volume vanish since mid-March, highway officials anticipate they’ll be down 10% per month from July through December.
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PublishedApril 22, 2020
Androscoggin Mill looks for outside sources of pulp to keep making paper in Jay
Blast wrecked the mill’s ability to make its own pulp, but it’s possible to haul it in from elsewhere and continue operations.
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PublishedApril 20, 2020
When protesters gathered in Augusta, one candidate stayed home with her sign
Bangor’s Adrienne Bennett held a virtual protest rather than risk attending a rally in Augusta calling for the state to reopen, a position she endorsed.
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PublishedApril 17, 2020
Bates College considers changes for its fall semester
Administrators trying to figure out if campus can operate normally in the coming academic year.
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