Nicole Ogrysko
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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The Maine Public Utilities Commission announced the set of priorities this week after a long development process that involved state regulators and advocates, environmental groups and the electric companies themselves. -
Fatal overdoses declined 16% last year in Maine. And according to preliminary data, overdose deaths dropped by nearly 15% during the first seven months of this year. -
Harpswell select board members say the policy affirms the town's support for fishermen's right to harvest along the town's 216 miles of coastline. And it reminds members of the public that state law generally protects commercial fishermen from nuisance complaints. -
The $13 million project calls for the renovation of the former Camden Yarns mill, plus an 8,000 square foot addition for permanent and temporary gallery spaces and classrooms for community events. -
Starting Aug. 1, owners of dogs that have been in countries deemed low-risk for canine rabies must complete a form from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to cross the border. Dog owners are praising the changes, but some say they're still unnecessary and believe they should suspended. -
Airlines had nearly 6,000 tickets for sale leaving Portland Friday. July and August are the busiest months at the jetport, and so the IT outage had a bigger impact on operations compared to a winter storm, Portland International Jetport officials said. -
Nearly half of the units include some kind of deed restriction for affordability, the highest annual share in 13 years. -
The rooms are intended for those who can't yet afford an apartment on their own, as well as for traveling nurses, contractors and other temporary workers who need a place for a short stay. -
Degree-seeking students haven't taken classes at the Hutchinson Center since the pandemic, and university officials say enrollment has mostly shifted online. A group of Belfast residents, however, want to see the facility preserved and kept in local hands. -
The fishermen pled guilty to catching more than the weekly federal limit and underreporting their catch of Atlantic herring, a popular lobster bait.
