Ari Snider
News ReporterAri Snider grew up in Midcoast Maine and has reported for public radio stations in Southeast Alaska and Far West Texas, covering everything from salmon fishing to the restoration of a historic adobe church on the US-Mexico border. He got his start in audio storytelling as an undergrad at Brown University and through internships at radio stations in Vermont and Rhode Island. His work has won three Alaska Press Club awards and multiple Regional Murrow Awards, and has aired on numerous national radio programs.
When looking to get out of town for a weekend, Ari has a special fondness for the islands of Penobscot Bay and the lakes and mountains of western Maine.
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New data from the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services are the latest inflection point in a years-long dispute over state employee compensation and classification.
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A statewide commemoration brought together synagogues and community centers in person and on Zoom.
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Citylink drivers voted last year to form a union.
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Prison-based Interventions for Muslim Offenders, or PRIMO, was developed in the U.K. and seeks to reduce conflict while helping Muslim inmates develop a healthy and productive relationship with faith.
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Most of the cargo traffic in Maine comes through the Icelandic company Eimskip, which is not involved in the labor dispute.
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The interpreters had filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board earlier this year over unpaid merit wage increases.
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Shawn Esler has served as Waterville's fire chief since 2018.
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An international sports governing body announced the positive result this month.
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The Democratic Association of Secretaries of State is gearing up to fight what they anticipate will be a flood of Republican lawsuits targeting election officials.
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The Sanctuary will be operated by the Lewiston-based Church of Safe Injection.