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V I E W P O I N T S W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 3 S E P T E M B E R 1 9 , 2 0 1 6 For a daily digest of Maine's top business news, sign up for the Mainebiz Daily Report at mainebiz.biz/enews Get Maine's business news daily at mainebiz.biz and on Twitter (@Mainebiz). Below is some of the best from our online-only offerings: Featured @ Mainebiz.biz Burt's Bees co-founder's home heading to North Carolina The 300-square-foot converted turkey coop that the late Burt Shavitz, co-founder of Burt's Bees, called home in Parkman is going on its very own road trip to Durham, N.C. where it will be displayed at the company's headquarters. Learn more about Shavitz's unique home at mainebiz.biz/beecoop PMA releases its own spin on Pokémon Go The Portland Museum of Art, in partnership with The VIA Agency, have launched their very own take on the popu- lar mobile game with the web-based smartphone app PMA Go. Learn more about the art-hunting app at mainebiz.biz/pmago Sappi North America takes a cue from sharks The Boston-based paper company's Westbrook mill will be making a first of its kind casting and release paper inspired by the texture of shark skin, which creates surfaces that inhibit bacterial growth without the use of toxic additives or chemi- cals. Learn more about the inspiration and process of creating the paper at mainebiz.biz/shark From the Editor T his issue's focus on health care and wellness touches on an issue that's at the heart of every business's expenses. What seems like a soft cost for preventative care can take an unexpected turn, aff ecting an entire company. In our cover story, Senior Writer James McCarthy talks to Stephen Merz, the new CEO of Maine Behavioral Healthcare, about Maine's growing opioid crisis. Substance abuse is frequently linked to mental health issues. Maybe your company isn't dealing with this. But for nearly any business owner or manager with employees driving a forklift or a wheel loader, or working in a manufacturing setting, this is the kind of thing that can make for sleepless nights. As the story states, enforcing the laws is only part of the challenge. Education and treatment are key components. Mainebiz has had a number of stories in the past two years about what companies are doing on the front end to keep their employees healthy. Correspondent Laurie Schreiber went through all the survey results for "Best Places to Work," which will have its own section in the Oct. 31 issue, and found a number of new wrinkles in wellness programs. Chair massages and surfi ng lessons are only part of what's being off ered. at story also starts on the cover. Peter Van Allen pvanallen@mainebiz.biz In the Sept. 5 cover story, in a photo provided by Maine Root, the person featured is Matt Seiler, who created the product, not Mark. Correction To the Editor Businesses wrestle with higher health care costs Be ready. BE SHUR. bernsteinshur.com When you need outside legal counsel that feels like par t of your team. ank you for your comments in the September 5 Editor's Viewpoint in Mainebiz. You very politely tiptoed around some issues that many people in Maine need to better understand and appreciate. Maine has a great deal to off er to its residents... to its visitors... to its neighbors... to the rest of the country... and to the world. For over 10 years, I proudly worked for an incredible company in Maine that employed over 100 dedicated and hard-working Mainers, was one of Inc.'s fastest growing companies, was SBA's "Maine exporter of the year" and made a benefi cial diff erence in its community. Its contributions were made possible only because of the successful business and fi nancial collaboration with FAME, CEI, Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments and Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and because of the brilliant work of several Maine professionals at Bernstein Shur, Purdy Powers & Co., and the incredible eff orts of Chris Logan at Androscoggin Bank. In today's unnecessarily contentious environment in Maine, none of this would ever have happened. John Bader, Brookline, Mass.

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