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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The Unity-based company Maine Switching Services said it wants to add passenger rail on Rockland branch but is still exploring its options. -
City councilors said Monday night they want more time to study parking and infrastructure questions associated with a proposed 3,300-person music venue for downtown Portland. -
Mainers from immigrant communities, advocates and formerly unhoused people are calling on state lawmakers to continue some kind of state-sponsored eviction prevention or rental assistance. -
Developers say the new venue would fill what some see as a gap in southern Maine's live music scene. But Portland's independent music and arts operators are fearful that a project run by the world's largest concert promotion company will ultimately change the city's character. -
At least 11 right whales were born this calving season, the New England Aquarium said this week. The number is lower than scientists had hoped, as the critically endangered species faces threats from fishing gear entanglements and boat strikes. -
More than 40,000 Mainers lack access to a vehicle, including roughly 15,000 working adults, according to a new report from the John T. Gorman Foundation. -
The executive order also calls on the Agriculture and Commerce Departments to work together and create stronger U.S. markets for domestically-harvested seafood. -
The rally was one of many that took place in more than a dozen towns across Maine and organized as part of a national day of action by groups across the state. -
Many local companies say they're still grappling with higher costs for materials and are choosing to hire fewer people this summer. -
Maine's highest court has struck down an appeal by two coastal conservation groups who challenged the state permits for Kingfish Maine to build an aquaculture facility in Jonesport.
