A Harrisburg nonprofit has landed a $500,000 state grant for a mixed-use project in Harrisburg’s low-income Allison Hill neighborhood.The $3.3 million project calls for erecting
Sheetz Inc. has purchased two York County properties where it has operated convenience stores for more than 20 years, according to county deed records. The seller was a Maryland-based firm called SEL Properties Inc. Altoona-based Sheetz paid nearly $3 million for a 2.2-acre parcel at 3200 Cape Horn Road in York Township, land that was put up for […]
David Fitzkee has been named executive director at The Caring Cupboard, a nonprofit food pantry with operations in Jonestown and Palmyra. He succeeds Shila Ulrich, who was named president of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank starting in January.Fitzkee, who has nearly 20 years of experience in nonprofit management, is joining Caring Cupboard in the midst of what the nonprofit sees […]
A lawsuit is accusing one of Lancaster’s culinary stars of misappropriating money earned by the restaurant and bakery that he and a partner opened nearly a decade ago.The restaurant is Bistro Barberet & Bakery, which has garnered international acclaim since opening in 2015 at 26 E. King St. in Lancaster.In the lawsuit filed this week, the […]
Conewago Manufacturing LLC, an affiliate of Hanover-based contractor Conewago Enterprises Inc. has acquired Hanover Concrete Co., which has operations in Hanover, Gettysburg and Shrewsbury. Terms of the transaction, which was finalized on April 1, were not disclosed.David Albright, president of Hanover Concrete, is joining Conewago as vice president of ready-mix sales. The combined companies provide ready-mix concrete and […]
Federal authorities are leveling pollution-related charges against Pro Diesel Werks, a vehicle service business with operations in Lebanon and Reading, as well the company’s owner and a service manager.They allegedy violated the federal Clean Air Act by disabling pollution control systems on diesel vehicles and tampering with their diagnostic systems, which are supposed to warn […]
Lancaster manufacturer Burnham Holdings Inc. is planning to wind down a subsidiary operating out of a plant in Philadelphia. Burnham’s move to shutter its subsidiary Crown Boiler is designed to streamline company operations and enhance efficiency. But it also reflects rising demand for more efficient boilers made by other Burnham subsidiaries, including U.S. Boiler, New Yorker Boiler and Velocity Boiler Works.Crown Boiler did not […]
Rory Connaughton has joined Saxton & Stump as a shareholder in the Lancaster law firm’s commercial litigation and labor/employment groups.Connaughton was previously co-founder and former managing partner of Brubaker Connaughton Goss & Lucarelli, a law firm that is also based in Lancaster. He brings three decades of experience in commercial litigation, including recent work as an […]
Fatim Doumbia has joined Boyer & Ritter as a senior associate auditor, where she will work with various industry practice groups for the Camp Hill-based accounting and consulting services firm.Doumbia has more than seven years of auditing experience working for some of the largest firms in the accounting field, both in the for-profit and nonprofit […]
The roughly 2-acre site housing a Hanover-area Wawa changed hands last month at a price of nearly $5.5 million, more than twice the price paid about three years ago for a neighboring shopping plaza.The buyer was an affiliate of Rialto Management, a New York City-based real estate company that describes itself as managing commercial and residential properties on […]
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