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 chambers of commerce

Ranked by membership as of January 2015

Rank	Name, location	Members/Year founded
1	Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Augusta	5,000/1899
2	Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce, Lewiston	1,416/1887
3	Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, Portland	1,400/1854

SOURCE : Each chamber of commerce./Compiled by Roger Magnus.

Maine's largest green buildings

Ranked by LEED certification level and gross square feet (1)

Rank	Project name and owner	Certification level/Gross square feet
1	TD Bank - Auburn Call Center JCI Inc.	Platinum/59,070
2	Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences Phase I Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences	Platinum/55,563
3	Hannaford Augusta Store, Hannaford	Platinum/48,000

(1) Projects listed have achieved Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
SOURCES : U.S. Green Building Council, as of Dec. 16, 2014, and individual institutions/companies./Compiled by Roger Magnus.

Maine's largest alpine ski areas

Ranked by vertical drop

Rank	Ski area, lcoation	Vertical drop (in feet)/Snowmaking coverage
1	Sugarloaf, Carrabassett Valley	2,820/95%
2	Sunday River Resort, Newry	2,340/95% (1)
3	Saddleback Maine, Rangeley	2,000/85%

(1) Seasonal approximate number

SOURCE : Ski Maine Association and individual ski areas/Compiled by Roger Magnus.

Maine's largest accounting firms

Ranked by revenue, 2013

Rank	Company, location	Revenue in Maine/Total employees in Maine
1	BerryDunn, Portland	$43.1 million/174
2	Baker Newman Noyes, Portland	$27.7 million/132
3	Macpage LLC, South Portland	$14 million/104