Nicole Ogrysko
All Things Considered Host & News ReporterNicole got her start working the 4:00 am modern rock shift for her college radio station. Before joining Maine Public, she spent eight years covering the federal workforce for Federal News Network, an online and radio outlet based in Washington, D.C., where she lived before moving to Maine in 2020. Nicole graduated from Ithaca College with a journalism and politics degree. She grew up outside Baltimore, Maryland, and is (perhaps unfortunately) still an Orioles fan.
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After the closure of Northern Light's Inland Hospital and the state's budget stalemate, concerns rise about whether hospitals have the funds to continue operating through the turbulence. -
The coalition includes the Maine Aquaculture Association, World Wildlife Fund, and economic development group FocusMaine, among others. -
Maine rocket company bluShift Aerospace had eyed the Downeast town as a potential site for offshore launches, as well as an operations and manufacturing plant. -
Good Shepherd Food Bank said it also recently learned that USDA will stop delivering about 1 million pounds of food through the Emergency Food Assistance Program to Maine. Those deliveries are on hold for Good Shepherd — and food banks around the country — through at least June. -
The Portland Fire Department said there were five occupants of the home. Four were taken to local hospitals for their injuries. -
It's unclear what exactly this means, or what specifically is at issue in the original Maine grant proposal. Maine U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said the Trump administration agreed to renegotiate the terms of the Maine Sea Grant after conversations with her earlier this week. -
There have been three fatal crashes involving pedestrians and motor vehicles in Portland so far this year. The Portland City Council unanimously passed a new resolution calling on city officials to step up traffic enforcement. -
Pat Keliher, the outgoing commissioner of Maine's Department of Marine Resources, said Tuesday that the tariffs could trigger major cuts in what lobstermen are paid for their catch. -
There is no indication that any of the other 33 Sea Grant programs around the country are facing funding cuts — at least for now — similar to Maine's.
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In contrast, average annual prices at the dock were the second highest ever recorded in 2024. Prices paid to lobstermen in 2024 averaged $6.14 per pound.
