With each new checking account opened at their Yarmouth branch, Bath Savings will donate $25 to one of three nonprofit organizations: Yarmouth Arts, Village Improvement Society or Yarmouth Historical Society.

Clark Associates Insurance, an employee-owned company with 70 employees in Portland, Windham, Saco and Manchester, NH is growing. In preparation for the pending economic turn around, they have hired three new employees in their Portland office since February 1, 2009.

Portland’s easygoing quality of life is praised in the April 1st feature. The list was compiled based on a leisure index, crime data and 5-year cost of living average and unemployment figures. Kudos for local highlights go to Grittys, Cinque Terre, Blackpoint Inn and Cold River Vodka!

Perkins Olson law firm is serving as general counsel for Reed & Reed on the Kibby Mountain wind farm. This new project will generate enough power for 50,000 single family homes. Assignments like these are especially rewarding as the wind farm construction project will create high-paying, high-skilled jobs and clean energy for the citizens of Maine.