
Efforts to bolster food aid gather steam during federal lapse
Businesses and charities in Central Pennsylvania are scrambling to blunt the effects of a lapse in federal food benefits that sustain tens of thousands of

Businesses and charities in Central Pennsylvania are scrambling to blunt the effects of a lapse in federal food benefits that sustain tens of thousands of

Niche Electronics, an electronics manufacturing services company, has restructured its leadership team. The new framework elevates a new vice president and creates four directors who will oversee important facets of the growing Shippensburg-based business. Yancey Strickler has been promoted the new role of vice president. He has 20 years of industry experience: 16 as a […]

EQT, a Radnor-based real estate investment firm, said it has acquired a portfolio of 11 warehouses that includes two buildings in a recently constructed industrial park north of York city. An EQT spokesperson declined to disclose the terms, and no deeds were available online as of the end of last week. The York-area warehouses are […]

Pennsylvania voters will decide tomorrow whether to retain three Supreme Court justices in what has become one of the state’s most expensive and partisan judicial races ever. Those arguing in favor of retention, including Gov. Josh Shapiro, warn that “no” votes could jeopardize abortion and voting rights. Those arguing against retention argue that the three justices in question […]

Projections suggest that rising costs will dissuade Pennsylvania residents from buying health insurance through the state’s Obamacare exchange, known as Pennie. Those forecasts will now face a real-world test. Pennie’s open enrollment period starts tomorrow, Nov. 1, for people who want coverage in place for 2026. Enrollment through Pennie has been growing over the last […]

Hanover may be the snack capital of the world. But the largest snack market in the U.S. is California, and Hanover-based Utz Brands wants to bite off a larger chunk. Utz said yesterday it acquired store delivery routes in the Golden State — and portions of the Midwest — from Colorado-based Insignia International. Terms of the transaction were not […]

David Chick has been hired as senior counsel in the appellate advocacy group of Lancaster-based law firm Saxton & Stump. He also is serving as a senior consultant with the firm’s human resources affiliate, TREW HR. Based in Harrisburg, Chick worked most recently served as deputy judicial clerk for both the Supreme Court and the […]

The state’s high court this week rejected an appeal from a State College contractor accused more than four years ago in a high-profile case of wage theft. The contractor, Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc., challenged a state agency’s authority to bar it from state contracts based on alleged violations of Pennsylvania’s prevailing wage laws. In March, a lower […]

Harrisburg-based law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick has hired lawyers for its offices in Maryland and suburban Philadelphia. Katherine Takhounts Bonato has joined the firm’s Frederick, Maryland, office as an attorney in the real estate group. Before joining McNees, Bonato worked with title companies in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Bonato has a law degree […]

A New York state business leader and philanthropist has bestowed $50 million on Penn State Health Children’s Hospital in what is being described as a “transformative” gift. But the gift, announced yesterday, is about more than just money. The 156-bed hospital in Derry Township, Dauphin County, is joining a new alliance of children’s hospitals named […]