Nicole Ogrysko
Reporter at Maine Public Broadcasting Network
Reporter @MainePublic based in Bangor. Editor for @AllJournalism. Former @FederalNewsNet, @WICB and @WICBNews.
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1 week ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
The city of Portland wants to open a new childcare center for residents and municipal employees. Half of the spots would be reserved for city workers. The city says municipal employees have reported lack of childcare access as a major concern. And municipal departments have struggled to schedule employees with non-traditional work hours due to limited child care options.
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2 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
Maine lawmakers have passed new protections for mobile home park residents into law, including one measure that would give them right of refusal to purchase the parks if they go up for sale. The bill would give resident cooperatives the right to buy if they can match or exceed the seller's price of their mobile home park. Another measure would require certain corporate buyers to pay a transfer fee for each mobile home lot purchased through a park sale.
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2 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
A plan from the U.S. Coast Guard to remove dozens of navigational buoys from Maine waters is drawing criticism from mariners, as well as state and federal lawmakers. The proposal calls for the removal of hundreds of buoys in New England waters, including nearly 100 in Portland Harbor, Penobscot Bay and several Maine rivers. Two of the buoys slated for removal are in Portland Harbor. Seven total would impact Portland harbor users, said Deputy Harbormaster Hattie Train.
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2 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
Eviction filings in Maine were down more than 20% last year as compared to the year before, according to state court records. About 4,596 eviction cases were filed last year, compared with 5,794 in 2023. Attorneys who represent Maine clients during eviction proceedings said the data are somewhat surprising. "We're still busy," said Maddie Thomson Crossman, a staff attorney with Pine Tree Legal Assistance.
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2 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration, for now, restore AmeriCorps funding to Maine and about two dozen other states. Volunteer Maine, the state's service commission, said the ruling reinstates about $2.5 million that supported eight AmeriCorps projects around Maine and about 120 service members. They were initially terminated in April. But executive director Britt Gleixner-Haya said it won't be easy to restart the programs that were paused.
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