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
Maine's highest court has affirmed state permits issued to Kingfish Maine for a yellowtail fish farm in Jonesport. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court struck down an appeal from opponents, who argued that the Board of Environmental Protection should have been required to assess the site's impacts under the Natural Resources Protection Act. Now that the appeals are resolved, it can proceed with its construction plan.
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2 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
The snowboarder who died over the weekend in an accident on Sugarloaf Mountain has been identified as Kendall Willard, 63, of Kingfield, according to the state's chief medical examiner. Willard dropped a glove while riding a Sugarloaf ski lift Saturday morning, said Carrabassett Valley Police Chief Mark Lopez. The glove landed on a trail that was closed due to icy conditions. After leaving the ski lift, Willard snowboarded to the trail and attempted to retrieve his glove on foot.
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2 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
Maine lawmakers are considering a proposal that would double the state's real estate transfer tax on properties sold for over $1 million. The legislature has debated increasing the tax multiple times over the last few decades, but it hasn't changed since 1993. Unlike past proposals, this would also eliminate the tax altogether for properties being purchased by first-time homebuyers with a mortgage through Maine Housing.
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3 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
So far, Maine's lobster industry has largely been spared from the biggest direct hits from President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada. Canada was not part of the latest round of tariffs placed on dozens of countries that Trump announced Wednesday. And though Canada has placed tariffs on an initial round of U.S. goods worth some $30 billion, lobster is not on that list.
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3 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Nicole Ogrysko
Amid widespread uncertainty about the future of Social Security, Gov. Janet Mills said rural Mainers will face the brunt of any cuts to staffing and services or office closures. The Trump administration is eyeing reductions to certain phone services and has suggested that the Social Security Administration may cut large numbers of agency staff, or close some field offices. One-quarter of Mainers receive Social Security, and Mills said the proportion is even higher in Maine's most rural counties.
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