J&K Salvage, the embattled York-area scrapyard, told a federal court this week that it’s permanently closing. The filing was made in the context of an
Patricia “Patti” Husic has joined Customers Bank as a business development officer for middle market banking in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to a bank spokesperson. Husic is a veteran Central Pennsylvania banker who led Harrisburg-based Centric Financial for more than 15 years and oversaw growth into southeastern Pennsylvania. Her tenure ended in 2023 when Centric was […]
The legal saga surrounding Moon Dancer Vineyards & Winery in York County is entering a new phase. The winery and its owner, Jim Miller, are suing two law firms that represented them as they fought unsuccessfully against efforts to shut down the business. Miller initiated the first lawsuit in 2024 against CGA Law Firm. The York-based firm defended the […]
At a court hearing yesterday in Philadelphia, Daryl Heller entered a guilty plea for his role in defrauding roughly 2,700 investors in an ATM network that he founded and operated through a Lancaster-based business. According to documents filed by the federal government, Heller admitted sole responsibility for the fraud, which used proceeds from new investors to […]
Phillip Michael has joined McNees Wallace & Nurick‘s litigation group in the Harrisburg-based law firm’s Lancaster office. Michael will focus on commercial and civil litigation, representing businesses and individuals in contract and business ownership disputes, real estate and employment matters, municipal and civil rights claims, and higher education matters. He joins McNees from a Lancaster-based […]
Gwen Conley has joined Herculite Products as an innovation engineer at the company. She worked most recently as a junior materials research engineer at Greenleaf Corp., where she contributed to research and development projects aimed at improving existing products and processes in the metal-cutting industry. Conley has a bachelor’s degree in physics with a minor […]
An unusual coalition of financial institutions, law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in Pennsylvania is urging state lawmakers to pass legislation this fall to stop a growing problem: scammers who target and financially exploit senior citizens. In a letter last month, the Pennsylvania Bankers Association, the Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers, the CrossState Credit Union Association, the Pennsylvania Chiefs of […]
Copper Crust, a popular bakery and eatery adjacent to York College of Pennsylvania, has closed, at least temporarily. The college has been the landlord for the business since 2022 and had filed a lawsuit in May seeking back rent and other costs. Efforts to reach the owners, Sean and Nicole Austin, were not successful on […]
Jim Spencer doesn’t blame business owners if they haven’t heard of the myriad programs offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration, where he serves as administrator for the Mid-Atlantic region. He puts the onus on the federal agency, which turned 73 years old yesterday. “We can do better than that,” said Spencer, who worked in […]
Dr. Jaewon Ryu is stepping down as CEO of Risant Health, the parent organization of Danville-based health system Geisinger. Ryu, who led Geisinger before taking the helm at Risant, is moving on in order to focus on his family, according to Risant. Dale Maxwell, former CEO of Presbyterian Health Services, is filling in as interim CEO while Risant […]