Simone Grimes named chief financial officer at Acadia Insurance
Simone Grimes
Simone Grimes has been appointed chief financial officer of Acadia Insurance in Westbrook. She succeeds Charlie Hamblen, who will retire later this year. Grimes has diverse senior leadership experience in the worlds of finance and insurance, previously working at PricewaterhouseCoopers, then as a regional vice president at a national insurance carrier and most recently serving as the deputy chief operating officer and senior strategy executive at the Federal Housing Finance Agency in Washington, DC.
Eric Rasmussen
Gawron Turgeon Architects, of Scarborough, has announced two new hires to its team.
Sea Bags, a designer and manufacturer of bags, totes and accessories made from recycled sail cloth, hired
Ashley Rochus as retail store manager in Portland.
Skowhegan Savings hired
Greg Legier as vice president and commercial lender in Portland. Legier most recently served as a regional vice president and commercial loan officer for Franklin Savings Bank in New Hampshire.
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum, a law firm in Portland, hired
Andrew Helman as a partner in its restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy practice and distressed health care group. Helman, who is based in Portland and Boston, has experience with a variety of businesses, including those in the health care industry, to help them restructure and protect their assets.
Nora Flaherty Wed, 03/03/2021 - 1:45pm
A safe, secure home is a fundamental need, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the pandemic has made the housing situation even tougher for many Mainers, with more than 5,000 Maine men, women and children facing eviction and homelessness every year.
And once a person becomes homeless, the private housing market makes it extremely difficult for them to find a new place to live.
Advocates and legislators say Maine’s housing system needs comprehensive policy change to take care of all Mainers.
A slate of bills in the Maine legislature will make it easier for Mainers to stay in their homes, to find food, shelter and support when they experience homelessness, and to find and secure housing.
The measure would also eliminate the minimum stay for youths committed to the state's only youth detention center, and would commit no one younger than age 14.