Nicole Ogrysko
Reporter at Maine Public Broadcasting Network
Reporter @MainePublic based in Bangor. Editor for @AllJournalism. Former @FederalNewsNet, @WICB and @WICBNews.
Articles
-
1 week ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
Members of Maine's Catholic community say they're excited that for the first time, an American will be the next pope. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost will take the name Leo XIV. Father Kyle Doustou, a pastor at the Parish of the Resurrection of the Lord in Old Town and a chaplain at the University of Maine, said he's encouraged by how quickly cardinals chose a successor to Pope Francis.
-
1 week ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
The city of Portland is suing the Maine Department of Health and Human Services over a shelter reimbursement rule that will cut millions of dollars in funding for the state's largest homeless shelter and others around Maine. For months, Portland has been at odds with DHHS about the rule, which reimburses the city and other shelters around the state using a rental housing standard that provides $44 a night per bed.
-
1 week ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
Developers unveiled new plans Tuesday to redesign the office plaza near Portland's Old Port and build a 30-story residential, hotel and retail tower. Tim Soley, founder and president of the development group East Brown Cow Management Company, said he envisions the project as an urban center where people will visit, live, work and shop. At 380 feet, the tower would be the tallest, by far, in Portland, and the tallest in the United States north of Boston.
-
1 week ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
The city of Portland has extended a temporary moratorium on new hotel projects for another six months. City councilors have said they need more time to review inclusionary zoning rules approved several years ago. Under those rules, developers must provide one unit of income-restricted rental housing for every 28 hotel rooms that are built in Portland or pay a fee. Some city councilors have suggested that the fees should be raised.
-
2 weeks ago |
bangordailynews.com | Nicole Ogrysko
More than 100 attorneys and supporters gathered outside the Cumberland County courthouse Thursday afternoon to commemorate Law Day. It’s celebrated every May 1, but Maine attorneys say they’re taking additional steps this year to affirm their commitment to the U.S. Constitution in light of attacks from the Trump administration.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 2K
- Tweets
- 2K
- DMs Open
- No
RT @ActualCAndrews: .@PattyWight has been killing it on ATC this week, and she also did a really good job laying out the stakes around the…
Chipotle, when asked to comment on their labor dispute with former Augusta employees: "We settled this case not because we did anything wrong, but because the time, energy and cost to litigate would have far outweighed the settlement agreement."
Two dozen former Augusta employees will receive back pay ranging from $5,800 to $21,000 depending on the average number of hours worked, their pay rate and tenure before the store's closure last July. https://t.co/CRo624hSaW
Loved this one from @PattyWight for our #ClimateDriven series about a 92-year-old who's been keeping daily weather records for more than half a century: https://t.co/Hx5uCsFL1U