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 power plants

Ranked by summer generating capacity in megawatts

Rank	Generator, location	Generating capacity in megawatts summer/winter
1	Yarmouth 4, Yarmouth	602.05/605.88
2	Westbrook Energy Center G1, Westbrook	260.94/277.09
3	Westbrook Energy Center G2, Westbrook	254.38/270.54

SOURCES : ISO New England and U.S. Energy Information Administration/Compiled by Heide Martin.
Note: Generator information as of January 1, 2014.

Maine's largest private schools

Ranked by total fall enrollment, 2013

Rank	School, location	Enrollment/Year founded
1	Thornton Academy, Saco	1,570/1811
2	Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg	598/1792
3	Berwick Academy, South Berwick	589/1791

SOURCE : Each school/Compiled by Roger Magnus.

Maine's largest Small Business Administration loans

Ranked by loan amount, 2013

Rank	Borrower	Loan amount
1	Kestrel Tooling Co., Brunswick	$4,000,000
2	NorthCountry Management Group Inc. (1), Bangor	$3,106,600
3	Moulison North Corp., Biddeford	$3,000,000

(1) NorthCountry Management Group Inc. received at least two loans totaling
$4,453,100.

SOURCE : U.S. Small Business Administration's Maine district office/Compiled by Roger Magnus.

Maine's largest hotels

Ranked by number of guest rooms as of 2014

Rank	Hotel, location	Guest rooms/Conference rooms
1	Westin Portland Harborview Hotel (1), Portland	289/8
2	The Bar Harbor Regency Hotel & Marina (2), Bar Harbor	280/3
3	The Anchorage By The Sea, Ogunquit	241/1