In a highly anticipated ruling, a divided state Supreme Court last week said West Chester University does not have to pay a stormwater management fee
Adam Smith has been named president and COO of HB Global LLC, a Camp Hill-based HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractor, effective May 1. Smith, formerly COO of HB Global’s mechanical group, will work alongside company CEO Bob Whalen. Smith joined HB Global subsidiary HB McClure Co. in 2013 as a sales manager and eventually became president of […]
In a ruling last week, the state’s highest court waded into questions about what kind of notice people need to give when canceling contracts with home improvement companies. At issue was a perceived conflict between two of the state’s cornerstone consumer protection laws: the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law and the Home Improvement […]
Stephanie Kessler has been named leader of the senior living services consulting group at RKL LLP, a Lancaster-based advisory firm, effective May 1. She succeeds Jeffrey Boland, who led the group for 15 years and will continue as a partner role through his scheduled retirement on Dec. 31, 2027. Kessler brings more than 30 years […]
Reilly Noetzel has been named chair of the real estate practice group at Lancaster-based law firm Barley Snyder. He had been vice chair of the group. Noetzel focuses on real estate transactions and development, with particular depth in condominium and planned community law, land use and zoning, construction-related matters, and leasing. He also represents developers […]
The Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg laid off or furloughed about 65 employees at the end of last week as it wrestles with a budget deficit that followed its move to a larger campus. In a letter to its members, the nonprofit cited a combination of factors that undermined its vision for the Alexander Grass Campus […]
More than a decade after expanding production of gummy vitamins at its factory in York County, a New Jersey-based consumer products company is shutting it down. As a result, Church & Dwight Co. Inc. expects to lay off up to 195 people at the plant, which is in West Manchester Township just north of Route 30. Why […]
Tyler Moser has joined the corporate and tax group of McNees Wallace & Nurick in the law firm’s Frederick, Maryland, office. Moser will advise businesses and individuals on transactional tax and corporate matters, with a practice spanning federal corporate, partnership and individual tax issues in connection with mergers, acquisitions, financial instruments, lending transactions, debt and […]
Column by Martin Fedorko For more than a decade, venture capital largely centered on software. Capital flowed toward businesses with low overhead, near-zero marginal cost
A Harrisburg-area hotel is heading for a sheriff’s sale in June after allegedly defaulting on its debt. The owners of Holiday Inn Harrisburg East in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, a New Jersey-based partnership called Shri Sai Middletown LLC, owe nearly $11.3 million, according to a foreclosure notice filed last fall by its lender, Oregon-based Standard Insurance Co., […]