Alexis Wells

2 weeks ago | mainebiz.biz | Alexis Wells

Portland-based United Insurance has acquired Barresi Financial, a 46-year-old employee benefits and financial services company based in Presque Isle. Terms of the deal, which was announced Monday, were not disclosed. Barresi Financial, which was founded in 1979, has the main office in Presque Isle and added a Bangor office in 2000. It is owned by partners Nathan Berry, Scott Violette and Scott Boucher, who will stay in their current roles.

2 weeks ago | mainebiz.biz | Alexis Wells

Portland-based United Insurance has acquired Barresi Financial, a 46-year-old employee benefits and financial services company based in Presque Isle. Terms of the deal, which was announced Monday, were not disclosed. Barresi Financial, which was founded in 1979, has the main office in Presque Isle and added a Bangor office in 2000. It is owned by partners Nathan Berry, Scott Violette and Scott Boucher, who will stay in their current roles.

2 weeks ago | mainebiz.biz | Alexis Wells

Processing Your Payment Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a fewmoments. KeyBank has hired Holly O’Brien as a relationship manager for business banking. In this role, O’Brien will be responsible for lending and developing and growing business banking relationships throughout Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

2 weeks ago | mainebiz.biz | Alexis Wells

NBT Bank has hired a leader who got his start at an early age, watching his mom work as a part-time teller at a local community bank on the west side of Chicago. John A. Rhodes, who will join the bank as vice president and commercial banking relationship manager, told Mainebiz that while watching his mom at work, he saw "how important a local banker can be for a community."Rhodes joins NBT Bank with more than 10 years of experience in commercial banking and customer relationship management.

4 weeks ago | mainebiz.biz | Alexis Wells

Portland's restaurant scene remains a revolving door of business openings and closings. After nearly eight years at 30 City Center near Monument Square, HiFi Donuts said it will close April 17 as owners Melissa and Ari Modugno map out the next chapter for the business. In a social media post, they said they were unable to renegotiate their lease. "This is not our choice, because of that we will be looking for the right space for us to move to," they said in their post.