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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More homes stayed on the market for longer, and in some parts of the states, sellers dropped their prices. Even so, many first-time homebuyers in Maine are still priced out of the market due to high interest rates. -
About 3,653 cases of Lyme disease were reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Cases of other tick-borne diseases, including Babesiosis and Anaplasmosis, also increased and set new highs. -
The budget increase is almost entirely driven by a $3.5 million shortfall at the Penobscot County Jail that needs to be covered, commissioners said. -
Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are typically smaller homes built on an existing lot and are often seen as a solution for older people looking to downsize, younger families just starting out, or even as rental properties. -
The gross domestic product for the Portland metropolitan area increased by 39% over the last two decades or so, but for western and northeastern Maine, GDP remained almost flat. -
Attorneys argue the U.S. Supreme Court should hear the case, pointing to other cases in Massachusetts and Florida that raise similar questions about parental rights. -
Maine was one of about 20 states that sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development over a new policy that would have gutted federal funding for permanent and rapid rehousing services. -
The National Transportation Safety Board said it's opened a safety investigation into the accident in coordination with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and Maine State Police. The agency didn't say why it's investigating this particular accident.
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The museum said it has a collection of 13 objects that were removed from burial sites in several locations in central and northern Maine, likely from an amateur archaeologist in the mid-19th century.
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Portland Mayor Mark Dion also called for changes to the city's needle exchange program. And he urged city officials to bring school resource officers back to Portland public schools.
