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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A new memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly allows federal officers to forcibly enter a person's home to make arrest without a judicial warrant.
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The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Maine, says the officers' failure to immediately release the boy once they realized they had the wrong person was unconstitutional.
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A proposed measure before Maine state lawmakers would mandate that drivers working for transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft receive a minimum rate per trip based on minutes or miles driven.
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For the last 28 months, the Maine Association of Realtors said the state saw year-over-year increases in home listing activity and increased buyer activity as a result.
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The report, which was written by officials at the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, mobile home residents, park owners and other advocates, comes as corporate investors show growing interest in purchasing mobile home parks in Maine.
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The Maine Emergency Management Agency said it is not aware of any reports of impacts to public safety or emergency services.
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The loans are for up to $2 million with interest rates as low as 4%, according to the Small Business Administration. Small businesses and non-profits in 12 of Maine's 16 counties are eligible.
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Over the last decade, increases in home prices have outpaced wage growth in Maine by more than three-fold, according to a new report from MaineHousing.
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Sheriff's Deputy Luke Gross served in the Hancock County Sheriff's office for 18 years. He was investigating a crash on the side of Route 3 in Trenton when he was struck and killed by a pickup truck in 2021.
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A Portland non-profit that's been collecting and preserving older movies on film is screening them to a devoted and growing audience. Film goers say this micro-cinema offers a communal experience that's increasingly rare in the age of streaming.