Don White, president of forest management firm Prentiss & Carlisle

ON THE COVER

A recent executive decree redefines green building standards

Matt Dodge | June 25, 2012 06:00 am

Don White, president of Bangor-based Prentiss & Carlisle forest management company, has spent a career assessing the value in a stand of trees. Overseeing more than 1.5 million acres of...

FEATURES

Patrick Welch, plant manager of New Balance's Skowhegan facility, says the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement would hurt the company's domestic manufacturing

Shoe tariff debate hits close to home

James McCarthy | June 25, 2012 06:00 am

Patrick Welch, plant manager of New Balance's four-story factory in Skowhegan, had ready answers for the two high-ranking Obama administration Com–merce Department officials...

Christopher Wadsworth Brown is the sixth generation of the Wadsworth family to operate S.L. Wadsworth & Son in Eastport

For nearly 200 years, the Wadsworth family has met Eastport's retail needs

Carol Coultas | June 25, 2012 06:00 am

Christopher Wadsworth Brown wasn't even a glint in his great-great-great-grandfather's eye when the family business was founded in 1818, but as the current president of S.L. Wadsworth...

Jeremy Pelkey, president of Bard Coffee, left, and Bob Garver, owner of Bard Coffee, show off a cappuccino

Portland’s foodie scene continues to lure gourmet coffee shops and increasing revenues

SARA ANNE DONNELLY | June 25, 2012 06:00 am

On a recent sunny afternoon, Catherine Walsh, co-owner of Arabica Coffee Co. in Portland, sits in her swanky new coffee shop, Crema, sipping from a cappuccino decorated with...

Focus on Sustainability

A roundup of apps to enhance your business' green goals

MERRITT CAREY and BENJAMIN AYER Founder of Maine Businesses for Sustainability and principal of Graffam Solutions; projects manager, Graffam Solution | June 25, 2012 06:00 am

It goes without saying that technology has changed the way we do business. There is a wide array of apps and web-based platforms all...

Goodwill ratchets up commitment to sustainability and healthy bottom line

SARA ANNE DONNELLY | June 25, 2012 06:00 am

Few local businesses are as inherently green as Goodwill Industries of Northern New England, the Portland-based social services agency...

Columns

Lobsters and lighthouses are understandable, but what about moose attracts tourists?

BY John McDonald

According to the results of a comprehensive study conducted recently by the tourist industry (OK, it wasn't that exhaustive; they just...

Money trails

BY Mal Leary

Impact of BNAS closure

Lists

Maine's largest nonprofit organizations

Ranked by 2011 assets (1)

Rank	Nonprofit, location	Assets/Liabilities
1	Bowdoin College, Brunswick	$1,294,173,000/$203,029,000
2	Maine Medical Center, Portland	$1,098,704,079/$515,082,782
3	Colby College, Waterville	$1,050,624,000/$131,831,000
4	Eastern Maine Medical Center (2), Bangor	$459,472,780/$220,225,914

Source: Guidestar, a 501(3)c that collects and presents 990 forms for IRS-registered nonprofits./Compiled by Roger Magnus. (1) Given the various timing of organizations' fiscal years, 2011 figures are the most recent available for comparison. (2) Although Eastern Maine Medical Center and Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems are related, they each have separate employer identification numbers and file individual tax returns

Maine's largest hotels

Ranked by number of guest rooms as of May 2013

Rank	Hotel, location	Guest rooms/Conference rooms
1	Westin Portland Harborview Hotel (1), Portland	289/8
2	Harborside Hotel, Spa & Marina, Bar Harbor	285/5
3	Bar Harbor Regency Holiday Inn, Bar Harbor	280/4
4	The Anchorage by the Sea, Ogunquit	241/1

(1) Formerly Eastland Park Hotel, re-opening December 2013. Source: Each hotel/Compiled by Roger Magnus and Heide Martin.

Maine's highest-paid public company executives

Ranked by total annual compensation, 2012

Rank	Executive, location	Total annual compensation (1)/Organization's revenue (in millions)
1	Jonathan Ayers, president/CEO Idexx Laboratories Inc., Westbrook	$3,824,198/$1,293.3
2	Michael Dubyak, president/CEO WEX Inc.(2), South Portland	$1,945,545/$623.2
3	Jay Mazelsky, executive vice president Idexx Laboratories Inc, Westbrook	$1,333,386/$1,293.3
4	Michael Williams, executive vice president Idexx Laboratories Inc., Westbrook	$1,134,498/$1,293.3

(1) Total annual compensation includes salary, bonus and other annual compensation, but not long-term compensation. (2) Formerly Wright Express Corp. On May 1, 2013, Melissa Smith assumed the position of president as part of a leadership succession plan that will culminate in her taking on the additional role of CEO of WEX Inc. on Jan. 1, 2014. Michael Dubyak will remain chairman and CEO of WEX Inc. during the transition period, and will assume the newly created role of executive chairman of the board on Jan. 1, 2014.

Source: U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission company Proxy Statements (14A); each company's financial statements./Compiled by Roger Magnus.

Maine's largest commercial property sales

Ranked by sale price, 2012

Rank	Property, location	Sale Price/Square footage
1	56 Milliken St., Portland	$6,457,000/200,625
2	125 Industrial Way, Portland	$5,800,000/100,000
3	1 Wallace Ave., South Portland	$5,500,000/100,000
4	638 Congress St., Portland	$4,509,000/133,424