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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New Balance says it will add 200 more jobs with the $65 million expansion of its Skowhegan sport shoe factory. -
The projects include one in Wells that will create a new portion of the Eastern Trail, as well as a 279 acre acquisition for the city of Ellsworth near Branch Lake to preserve public drinking water access.
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The former gubernatorial candidate begins a nine-month sentence, which will be followed by six years of probation.
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A fast-spreading wildfire has forced the evacuation of more than 16,000 people from several communities near downtown Halifax, one of three major fires raging in Nova Scotia, where tens of thousands of acres have burned in recent days.
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Acadia National Park has hired 115 seasonal workers so far this summer, as many as 60 employees fewer than the usual target. The Island Explorer bus system is also about 40 drivers short.
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The bill, first introduced by Sen. Nicole Grohoski, was motivated by the proposal from American Aquafarms, which wanted to build a massive salmon farm in Frenchman Bay.
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The new plans envision an extension of the riverwalk to the north and south, with a potential pedestrian bridge to connect Auburn.
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On average, there are about 20 traffic related fatalities and 118 severe injuries a year in greater Portland.
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The project has been nearly two decades in the making, and it's part of a broad plan to expand bus service, remove cars from the road and ease traffic in and around Acadia National Park.
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The idea is to find other spaces for asylum seekers, so that homeless shelters can be used for the population they were designed to serve.
