ON THE COVER

What the Affordable Care Act ruling means to Maine business

James McCarthy | July 23, 2012 06:00 am

Rick Dacri, owner of a Kennebunkport-based consulting firm that advises businesses on work force issues, says his client list ranges from Fortune 500 companies to nonprofits employing...

FEATURES

Hannaford traces fish to the source

July 23, 2012 06:00 am

In May, Scarborough-based Hannaford Supermarkets announced a sweeping sustainability policy for all seafood products it sells, the culmination of more than three years of research and...

Chris Emmons is the new chair of the Maine Bankers Association

The new chairman of the Maine Bankers Association checks in

Derek Rice | July 23, 2012 06:00 am

The global financial crisis of 2008 brought many changes in the banking industry, particularly in the area of mortgages. Notably, the 2-year-old Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...

Focus on Real Estate/Construction/Design

Renewed activity, especially in the Portland market, bodes well for Maine development

DREW SIGFRIDSON Principal, CBRE|The Boulos Co., and president of Maine Real Estate and Development Association | July 23, 2012 06:00 am

As the new president of the Maine Real Estate and Development Association, I have become more keenly aware of the challenges and...

Metal is taking more of the roofing market as competition grows

Sara Anne Donnelly | July 23, 2012 06:00 am

Three years ago, Everlast Roofing of Bridgton heard a competitor was about to buy a machine that would allow it to cut and shape sheet...

A Belfast manufacturer rehabs a former BNAS building to test high-efficiency technology

Matt Dodge | July 23, 2012 06:00 am 1

When the U.S. Department of Energy first reached out to Belfast-based window maker Mathews Brothers about participating in a program...

Columns

What your small business lender wants you to know

BY Alison Hinson

At some point during your life as a small business owner (or an aspiring business owner), you will find yourself sitting across the desk...

Federal fallout

BY Mal Leary

Awaiting answers from Washington

Property managers are a smart investment

BY Justin Lamontagne

I will never forget the day a rather colorful professor of mine at Boston University wrote on the blackboard, "K.I.S.S." It...

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