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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A tight labor market has created advantages for Maine workers to negotiate for higher wages, including those who have long been economically disadvantaged, according to a new report from the Maine Center for Economic Policy.
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The tests revealed high levels of PFAS in muscle tissue for deer and wild turkeys harvested in two areas covering parts of Unity, Unity Township, Albion and Freedom.
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The Portland City Council on Monday night also rejected a proposal from Mayor Mark Dion, which would have returned to a one to one exchange needle exchange ratio. Portland currently distributes as many as 100 clean needles for every used one returned, complying with a state law that was changed two years ago.
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The number of North Atlantic right whales increased slightly last year, bringing the population count to about 372 individuals. But a new report from the New England Aquarium and the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium offers a cautionary tale.
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The findings could have implications for how the lobster stock is measured and how the fishery is eventually managed.
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Maine currently has three Housing First properties, which includes 24/7 support services, and intends to open up more than a dozen additional sites around the state.
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The residents of the Linnhaven Mobile Home Center, now the Blueberry Fields Cooperative, appear to be the first to successfully use a new Maine law requiring that mobile home residents be given advance notice of a park sale.
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Gov. Janet Mills and other state and local leaders are planning to celebrate with residents this week.
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Kristine Logan, the executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority in Brunswick, had faced multiple calls for her resignation in the wake of a toxic environmental spill in August.
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Pembroke residents and Passamaquoddy tribal members have expressed concerns about the project's impacts.