Paul Landers has been named CFO of Cumberland County. A resident of Mount Holly Springs, Landers succeeds Dana Best, who was elected county controller for
After more than two years operating under a shared nonprofit umbrella, WITF and LNP Media Group are poised to go their separate ways. Parent organization Pennon has agreed to donate LNP LancasterOnline and its sister publications covering Ephrata and Lititz to a new nonprofit, Always Lancaster, headed by veteran journalist David Greene. The name Always Lancaster reflects a tagline previously used by […]
A federal lawsuit is scaring away potential investors in a controversial hydropower project proposed along the Susquehanna River in southern York County. That’s one of the takeaways from a report on the project’s progress since it was awarded a preliminary permit just over a year ago. The lawsuit, filed by environmental groups critical of the project’s […]
Craig Kauffman has been named to the board of western Pennsylvania-based CB Financial Services Inc. and its chief operating subsidiary, Community Bank, effective Nov. 20. Kauffman is the former president and CEO of York-based PeoplesBank parent Codorus Valley Bancorp, which he led through an acquisition in 2024 by Orrstown Financial, based in Swatara Township, Dauphin County. Kauffman was in line to become CEO […]
Robert Ortenzio is looking to put the rehab company he cofounded with his late father back into private hands. Ortenzio proposed this week to buy out shareholders in Select Medical Corp., which is based in Mechanicsburg but operates healthcare facilities around the U.S. In a letter to the company’s board, Ortenzio described himself as “uniquely positioned” […]
Lancaster-based Fulton Financial Corp. has agreed to buy a New Jersey bank in a deal poised to expand Fulton’s business in lucrative markets outside New York City. The all-stock deal for Rutherford, New Jersey-based Blue Foundry Bancorp is valued at $243 million and expected to close in the second quarter of 2026. The combined bank would do business […]
Trucking company Keen Transport is laying off at least 50 workers from its terminal at 1951 Harrisburg Pike in Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, due to a business restructuring, according to a notice filed last week with state and local officials. The layoffs are slated to begin on or after Jan. 20, according to Keen, which […]
When Brian Carson moved on this year from Lancaster County-based flooring manufacturer AHF Products, a press release described his six-year tenure as “highly successful.” The former CEO’s departure is proving highly litigious. Carson, AHF Products, the company’s current private equity owners and its former owner are embroiled in a series of lawsuits filed in the wake […]
Victoria Perez has joined accounting and advisory firm Brown Plus as an audit senior manager. Perez worked most recently at a Big Four accounting firm, where she was involved in a range of audit, assurance and advisory engagements, including Sarbanes-Oxley readiness and internal control assessments. She specializes in accounting and audits of property and casualty […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation is threatening to withhold $75 million in federal highway funding earmarked for Pennsylvania after accusing the state of illegally issuing commercial driver’s licenses to what the agency describes as “dangerous foreign drivers.” The warning comes days after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegal immigrant from Uzbekistan who was […]