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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Fishermen were allowed to harvest up to 58,400 pounds of northern shrimp during a limited-run pilot last winter. But they caught just 70 individual shrimp, totaling less than three pounds. -
A Charter spokesperson said the company is transitioning work done in Portland to other call centers around the country. -
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development told a federal court this week that it's withdrawing a funding plan that would have gutted permanent housing services for Mainers. But the state's support network for people experiencing homelessness is still in limbo. -
When built, the tower would be the tallest, by far, in Maine and in northern New England. The project is the first major test of Portland's new height allowances, which the city approved last year. -
The project, proposed for a small lot in Portland's Old Port, has sparked some debate. And it has left some residents wondering whether it will pave the way for more towers in Portland's skyline.
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The plaintiffs say the firings disproportionately targeted federal workers who are Black, women, and non-binary, and people who the administration perceived as advocating for protected racial or gender groups.
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About 236 veterans in Maine were connected with permanent housing in 2025, a more than 10% bump over the previous year, according to the department.
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The museum is planning to acquire four downtown properties on Free Street from MaineHealth, which includes a parking lot. The PMA said it believes additional parking will draw more visitors to Portland's arts district. -
Maine Coast Heritage Trust has secured six acres along Route 90. Five of them will be preserved, and one has been donated to the local housing trust for development. -
State officials have said as a result of new federal policies, about 1,200 people in Maine could lose their long-term housing and risk becoming homeless.
