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Energy

Supply deal bolsters wood-to-gas startup

As it finalizes plans for its first refinery, a Pennsylvania startup aiming to make vehicle gasoline from wood has forged a key agreement with a regional fuel supplier. Tioga County-based Woodland Biomass Innovations has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shipley Energy committing the York-based distributor to buy and distribute up to 100% of Woodland’s output for five years. […]

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Executive Insights

The cost of consensus

Column by Brandon Rogers There is a curious point in every leader’s journey when the room slowly becomes louder than the conviction that first led

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Bizleadspa

Lender breaks ground on Lanco branch

Belco Community Credit Union broke ground this month on a branch in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. Slated to open next spring, the branch will be Belco’s 13th overall and fourth in the Lancaster area. The branch is at 237 Centerville Road, near pet products retailer That Fish Place That Pet Place.  Belco paid $1.35 million […]

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Government

Township hits pause on data centers

At a meeting this week, supervisors in a York County township passed an ordinance saying they will not accept any applications from data center developers for the next 180 days.  The moratorium in Conewago Township comes amid speculation about potential data center development in the municipality, as well as efforts to draft rules to fill […]

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Construction

Townhomes coming to former hospital site

Miami-based homebuilding giant Lennar is ramping up construction of new townhomes on the site of a former Lancaster city hospital. Lennar plans to build 53 townhomes behind a former UPMC/St. Joseph’s hospital on College Avenue in the city’s West End neighborhood.  Dubbed The Towns at West End, the townhome community will feature three-story units starting at 1,872 square […]

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Real Estate

Hanover bank buildings sold

A pair of former bank buildings on Carlisle Street in downtown Hanover were sold in separate transactions expected to bring new life to both.  According to county deed records, the Hanover Area Historical Society paid $550,000 for the building at 25 Carlisle St. The classical early 20th-century building was a branch for the former Bank of Hanover, which […]

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Members 1st Federal Credit Union

Zak Tyminski has been named chief commercial lending officer of Members 1st Federal Credit Union. The former LinkBank executive succeeds Joe Beck, who is moving into a newly created role as chief relationship officer for Members 1st. Tyminski worked most recently as a regional president covering Central Pennsylvania for LinkBank, which was acquired this year by Virginia-based Burke & […]

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Hotel partners buy Lititz property for future expansion

Arc One Lititz Partners LP, the partnership that owns Hotel Rock Lititz, paid $3.2 million for a former grocery property where it’s eyeing a potential expansion of the 139-room hotel. The roughly 4.2-acre tract at 680 Furnace Hills Pike in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, was owned by Weiser’s Real Estate Company LLC, affiliated with the former Weiser’s Market […]

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Health Care

Doc drops retaliation case against UPMC

A lawsuit brought against UPMC by a cardiologist who alleged he was fired after reporting alleged conflicts of interest involving the health system’s president and CEO has been dismissed. The dismissal follows a resolution of the matter, though the details are unclear. A UPMC spokesperson said no money or other compensation was paid to the cardiologist, Dr. […]

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