The nonprofit parent of regional public media station WITF is divesting a subsidiary created in 2023 when the station was gifted a Lancaster newspaper. The board of WITF
Environmental groups are slamming a proposed rule designed to help companies in Pennsylvania figure out when they need to disclose accidental spills of hazardous chemicals.Drafted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the rule aims to clarify what kinds of spills should be reported to regulators.But environmentalists argue the rule gives businesses too much discretion […]
Spring Grove-based Pixelle Specialty Solutions has revised the timeline for closing its plant in Ohio.The papermaker said yesterday it plans to cease production at the plant in Chillicothe on Aug. 10. The plant employed more than 800 people earlier this year, but it is not clear how many work there now.The company initially planned to […]
Paramount Management Group, the defunct Lancaster-based ATM network headed by Daryl Heller, sold and resold the same ATMs to the network’s investors, accounting for sales of nearly $22 million, according to a report filed yesterday by a court-appointed examiner in Heller’s bankruptcy case.The report appears to bolster investors’ allegations that they were defrauded by Heller and […]
Barley Snyder relocated its office in the capital region from downtown Harrisburg to East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County. The law firm’s new office is in a roughly 60,000-square-foot building at 275 Grandview Ave.The Lancaster-based firm employs 15 attorneys, four paralegals and seven staff members at its Harrisburg-area office, according to law firm spokesperson Elise Pini.An […]
The data center boom made a big bang yesterday in Pennsylvania. Tech giant Amazon said it plans to invest at least $20 billion to build data centers in Pennsylvania, starting with a pair of locations in eastern Pennsylvania.The Shapiro administration described the company’s move as the largest private-sector investment in state history.“This is not just an investment in […]
Home Remodeling Pros of Central PA is leasing a building at 3805 Trindle Road in Camp Hill and relocating their showroom there. Jessica Gasper of Campbell Commercial Partners represented the tenant.Derr Flooring Co. leased 66,600 square feet of industrial space at 4180 Lincoln Hwy. E. in Hellam Township, York County from 4100 Lincoln Highway LLC. […]
Orrstown Bank has promoted two executives. Zachary Khuri has been named chief revenue officer, while Joshua Hocker has been named market president for Central Pennsylvania.Khuri, who joined the bank in 2019, was previously market president for Central Pennsylvania, where Orrstown boosted its market share after buying York-based PeoplesBank last year. He has a bachelor’s degree in finance from […]
Weis Markets has won court approval to take over prescriptions for customers at 11 Rite Aid stores in Pennsylvania and New York, according to a spokesperson for the Sunbury-based grocery chain.The stores include Rite Aid locations in Dover and Hanover, as well as Altoona, Brodheadsville, Fogelsville, Honesdale, Montoursville, Mountain Top, Wellsboro and Williamsport, Weis spokesperson Dennis […]
Saxton & Stump has hired two attorneys for its newly opened office in Pittsburgh.Shareholder Phillip Earnest and senior counsel Rebecca Johnson Barksdale are joining the Lancaster-based law firm’s construction, commercial litigation and insurance groups.Earnest has nearly 30 years of experience representing clients in complex construction, commercial litigation and insurance matters. He has tried cases in […]
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