Maine hospitals best in nation for safety

A national hospital watchdog group has ranked Maine first in the nation for hospital safety, giving an 'A' safety score to 16 of the 20 Maine hospitals surveyed.

CMP technicians vote to join union

Six workers who install and maintain fiber optic cable and microwave networks for Central Maine Power Co. have voted to join a union that includes 550 other CMP employees.

7 cos. get Gov's business excellence prize

Seven companies received the Governor's Award for Business Excellence, a program that has honored 120 businesses since 1991.This year's award, which...

OSHA seeks $76K fine for Gardiner co.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking to fine a Gardiner pipe supplier more than $76,000 for what the agency says are repeated and serious violations of workplace...

Building blocks

Michael Bosse, a lawyer who specializes in the construction industry, has a pretty interesting take on where the industry is going in Maine. He's seeing multiple trends coalescing in ways...

A construction lawyer's advice: Be proactive, embrace change

As chairman of the Construction Law Practice Group at Bernstein Shur in Portland, Michael Bosse leads a team of five lawyers specializing in issues that affect construction companies.

Natural gas is on a roll

Natural gas continues to capture headlines as more companies compete to bring it to consumers. While the battle between Summit Natural Gas and Maine Natural Gas continues in central...

Niemann pursues new partnerships, projects

Maine's historic downtowns, community life, and its wonderful people drew me in like a magnet the very first time I visited. I grew up in awe of great architecture. Whenever I went...