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Members 1st Federal Credit Union

Ryan Riley has been named senior vice president of marketing at Members 1st Federal Credit Union. The position was previously held by Karen Roland, who was named the credit union’s chief marketing officer in February 2025. Riley worked most recently as chief strategy officer for Harrisburg University of Science & Technology, where he spent five years in […]

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Government

Shapiro to air spending plan amid financial pressure

In an address to the state legislature today, Gov. Josh Shapiro is set to unveil his spending and legislative priorities for the next year. Observers expect to hear familiar refrains, including calls to hike Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, close the so-called “Delaware loophole” for corporate taxpayers and legalize the recreational use of marijuana. They also expect […]

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Manufacturing

Court OKs sale of SpiriTrust campuses, apartments

A federal bankruptcy judge signed off last week on the bankruptcy sale of SpiriTrust Lutheran, a York-based nonprofit that operates senior living communities and apartments in three counties. Under the deal approved in court, Butler County-based Concordia Lutheran Ministries is paying $51 million for SpiriTrust assets and assuming roughly $7 million in debt tied to three affordable apartment […]

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Boyer & Ritter

Boyer & Ritter has hired four associates, including one who previously interned with the Camp Hill-based professional services firm. Cody Fink interned with Boyer & Ritter in 2024. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master of accountancy from Bloomsburg University, where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi National Fraternity […]

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Retail, office, industrial space leased

Élevé Venue LLC leased the former Café 1500 space at 1500 N. 6th St. in Harrisburg. The space will open in the coming months as Élevé Event Studio, a reception and event venue designed to host weddings, bridal showers, corporate gatherings and private events. Casey Khuri and Nik Sgagias of NAI CIR represented the landlord. […]

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York Revolution

Ken Picciotti Sr. has been named CFO of the York Revolution. It’s a new position for the nearly 20-year-old minor league baseball team, which has steadily expanded its operations beyond baseball season. Picciotti worked most recently as a senior accounting manager at York-based Shipley Energy. He also has worked in corporate accounting roles at Hanover Foods Corp. and Dentsply Sirona. […]

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Small Business

Capital-area security firm sold to equity-backed buyer

An equity-backed buyer has scooped up a 46-year-old security and fire safety business in suburban Harrisburg. Knight Security Systems, based in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, has been purchased by Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, an acquisitive Atlanta-based company that has inked other deals in Central Pennsylvania.  Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The seller: Knight […]

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Saxton & Stump

Stefanie Pitcavage Mekilo has joined Saxton & Stump as a shareholder in the Lancaster-based law firm’s office in suburban Harrisburg. An experienced environmental and commercial litigator, Mekilo is in the firm’s environmental, workplace safety and utilities Group and its business litigation and strategic solutions group. Before entering private practice, Mekilo spent more than a decade […]

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Economy

Forecaster sees tailwinds, headwinds buffeting US economy

The economic outlook for 2026 depends on a range of variables ranging from tariffs to the strength of the boom in artificial intelligence, according to Curtis Dubay, chief economist in the economic policy division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “If we could ever get tariffs down, we get a better immigration system, we could really […]

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