Rick Long is retiring effective June 1 as chief information officer at Harrisburg-based PSECU, where he started as a computer operator in 1984. Four decades later,
Sunita Gupta Kramer has been named provost and dean of the faculty at Franklin & Marshall College effective July 1. A 1992 graduate of the Lancaster college, Kramer succeeds Mary Osirim, interim provost since January 2023. Osirim replaced Cameron Wesson, who left for a job at La Salle University.Kramer is currently dean of the science […]
A state authority is awarding $2 million to a new venture capital fund that aims to sink the money into Pennsylvania’s life sciences sector, an area that state officials have targeted for growth.The fund is Neovate Life Sciences GP 1 LLC, launched by Neovate Capital Partners, which has offices in Pittsburgh, London, Boulder, Colorado, and New Haven, […]
The Lancaster City Revitalization & Improvement Zone Authority is putting together an offer to buy a former meat processing plant at 652 Manor St. and related office building at 655 Manor, according to Jeremy Young, the authority’s acting managing director. The properties were home to Kunzler & Company but closed last year after the company was acquired by […]
A federal agency restored funding for organizations that assist small and midsized manufacturers in 10 states.The Trump administration ended contracts with the organizations at the end of March but decided to restore their funding for the remainder of the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, according to a spokesperson for the National Institute of […]
More changes are coming to the region’s largest engineering firm. Gannett Fleming TranSystems relocated its West Shore headquarters this year.Now, the firm is getting a new name and a new CEO, the first leader from outside the company.The new moniker is GFT. The new CEO is Mike Orth. He succeeds Bob Scaer, who retired in August following the merger […]
Brian Spiegel has joined McNees Wallace & Nurick as the law firm’s director of talent acquisition.A former commercial litigator, Spiegel brings nearly a decade of recruiting experience from talent acquisition roles at national firms.“Brian’s unique background, combining both legal practice and recruitment experience, makes him an exceptional fit for this role,” Jenna Wagner, McNees’s COO, […]
Bank of Bird-in-Hand in Lancaster County is seeking permission to add a stop in Mount Joy for one of its Gelt Buses, which are essentially bank branches on wheels.If all goes as planned, the bank’s Gelt Bus No. 3 would begin making stops at 3141 Mount Joy Road, the home of Mount Joy Gift and Thrift, […]
On a sunny day last September, leaders of WellSpan Health and real estate developer Inch & Co. came together to cement their partnership on a new sports complex in North York.Seven months later, the partnership appears to be coming apart.WellSpan is no longer a sponsor of what was going to be called the WellSpan Sports Complex, according to […]
The Nature Conservancy paid $3 million for a 509-acre tract at 160 Cemetery Road in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, and then transferred the land to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The property, which includes portions of the Kittatinny Ridge, is now part of State Game Lands 211. The property had been owned by the Vartan […]
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