Attorneys for about 90 family members and victims vow action for ‘massive failures’ by authorities who didn’t stop the killer.
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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A mostly grounded balloon festival took off anyway, with much success
Organizers hail success of a festival that drew big, happy crowds despite weather that kept most balloons from taking flight.
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100 years ago, KKK stunned Lewiston with gunpowder and a huge, flaming cross
The Aug. 10, 1924, scene atop Mount David highlighted the growing power of the racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic group in Maine.
Posted inElection 2024, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News, Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson campaigns for 2nd District candidate Theriault in Auburn
Austin Theriault, a first-term state representative and former NASCAR driver, is seeking the U.S. House seat that’s currently held by Democratic Rep. Jared Golden.
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Mechanic Falls remembers two girls killed in apparent murder-suicide
Hope and Harmony West, who died last week, were beloved in the Elm Street School community.
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U.S. House speaker aims to rally Republicans in Auburn next week
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to open a ‘battle station’ office to boost Austin Theriault’s congressional hopes.
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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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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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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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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.