ON THE COVER

Battle for beds: Maine's escalating fight for health care dollars

James McCarthy | November 26, 2012 06:00 am

In one corner there's the hospital tag-team of Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare and the Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick. Together they are seeking approval of a...

FEATURES

Nathan Szanton, of Portland development firm Szanton and Co., relishes rehabilitating old mill buildings into modern housing, such as The Lofts at Bates Mill in Lewiston pictured here

Q&A: Developer Nathan Szanton talks about his Bates Mill project

Carol Coultas | November 26, 2012 06:00 am

Developer Nathan Szanton's latest project — The Lofts at Bates Mill in Lewiston — brings him deep satisfaction on two counts: it revives a long-vacant mill building and more...

ORPC's pilot turbine in Cobscook Bay is the basis for new turbines that will expand the company's tidal-power capacity, and for a new turbine modified for river-based power

River power target of ORPC expansion

Darren Fishell | November 26, 2012 06:00 am

The Portland-based Ocean Renewable Power Co. made North American history in September when its 176,000-pound tidal-power generator pumped electricity from Cobscook Bay to a commercial...

Focus on Law

Nicole Bradick, president of Custom Counsel, offers law firms a network of skilled freelance lawyers to use on an as-needed basis

Freelance attorney network offers new flexibility

Darren Fishell | November 26, 2012 06:00 am

Nicole Bradick hopes to change the way law firms do business.

New law opens 31 states to Maine lawyers

Matt Dodge | November 26, 2012 06:00 am

A little-known change to Maine's Bar admission rules stands to benefit both Maine-based lawyers and those looking to expand their...

Columns

Capitol Update: Power shift in Augusta

BY Mal Leary

February forecast too pessimisticUncertainty underscored by Washington

Bartering: a time-honored method of exchange

BY John McDonald

Historians who claim to have studied such things tell us that human civilization began thousands of years ago when small groups of people...

Lists

Maine's largest law firms

Ranked by total attorneys as of October 2013

Rank	Company, location	Total attorneys/Total employees
1	Pierce Atwood LLP, Portland	130/240
2	Verrill Dana (1), Portland	117/218
3	Preti Flaherty, Portland	107/197
4	Bernstein Shur, Portland	106/202

(1) Merged with Friedman Gaythwaite Wolf in August 2013.

SOURCE: Each firm/Compiled by Roger Magnus.

Maine's largest Small Business Administration loans

Ranked by loan amount, 2012

Rank	Borrower, location	Loan amount
1	Bisson Transportation Inc. (1), Westbrook	$2,352,400
2	Bisson Transportation Inc. (1), Westbrook	$2,115,000
3	Davis Long Term Care Group Inc., Limestone	$2,097,000
4	The Bethel Commodore Corp., Bethel	$1,684,000

SOURCE: U.S. Small Business Administration's Maine district office/Compiled by Heide Martin. (1) Bisson Transportation Inc. received at least two loans totaling $4,467,400.

Largest Maine-based construction projects

Maine-based companies, ranked by valuation for 2012

Rank	Organization, location	Project name and location/Estimated value of project
1	Reed & Reed Inc., Woolwich	Record Hill Wind Project, Roxbury/$130,0 mil
2	Reed & Reed Inc., Woolwich	Bull Hill Wind Project, Hancock/$76.0 million
3	Reed & Reed Inc., Woolwich	Veterans Memorial Bridge, Portland/$64.0 million
4	E.S. Boulos Co., Westbrook	Maine General Medical Center, Augusta/#30.0 million

Source: Individual firms./Compiled by Roger Magnus.

Maine's highest-paid lobbyists, 2013

Ranked by compensation reported to the Maine Ethics Commission

Rank	Lobbyist, company, location	Compensation
1	James Mitchell (1), Mitchell Tardy Government Affairs, Augusta	$383,759
2	Craig H. Nelson (2), Doyle & Nelson Law Offices, Augusta	$316,051
3	Joshua A. Tardy (3), Mitchell Tardy Government Affairs, Augusta	$212,369
4	Charles C. Soltan, Charles C. Soltan LLC, Augusta	$169,600

(1) Listed as an associate lobbyist for Advantage Capital Management Corp., Coalition of Franchisee Associations, Enhanced Capital Partners, Lexartis, Maine Beverage Co., Maine
Natural Gas, Maine Trial Lawyers Association, Ocean Properties, Professional Loss Adjustors Inc., Stonehenge Capital Co. LLC and Walmart, which were not factored into the
compensation figure. (2) Listed as an associate lobbyist for PERC, which was not factored into the compensation figure. (3) Listed as an associate lobbyist for Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Aroostook Resources LLC, Central Maine Power Co., Comcast Cable Communications, Darden Restaurants
Inc., Eli Lilly & Co., First Atlantic Health Care, General Motors LLC, Grocery Manufacturers Association, JD Irving, Maine Dental Association, Maine Municipal Association, Maine
Yankee Atomic Power Co., MaineHealth, Maritimes & Northeast, Pavement Coatings Technology Council, Proctor & Gamble Co., TIAA-CREF, TYCO and Waste Management Inc., which
were not factored into the compensation figure.

SOURCE: State of Maine, Lobbyist Compensation Report as of September 2013/Compiled by Heide Martin and Roger Magnus.

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