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Jeffrey Vasser has been named president and CEO of Discover Lancaster effective May 5. He succeeds Ed Harris, who left the tourism marketing agency last year to head the Williamsburg Tourism Council, which markets the Virginia town and its colonial past.Vasser has worked since 2018 as executive director of the New Jersey Division of Travel & […]
Rachel Farzin has been named advocate supervisor for the Dauphin County Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, or CASA.Farzin will oversee community volunteers who represent the best interests of foster children in the child welfare system. She was a founding CASA board member and fundraising chair for the organization. Her addition to the nonprofit brings a […]
Quandel Construction Group has promoted two executives.The Harrisburg-based company has named Sarah Knehr as COO and executive vice president, while Nicholas Bagdonis has been named vice president of Quandel Energy Solutions and strategic projects.Knehr, a former high school intern at Quandel, has risen through the company from assistant project manager to project executive.Bagdonis joined Quandel […]
Just over a month after a deadly attack at UPMC Memorial hospital in York County, state lawmakers are poised to take up legislation addressing violence in the healthcare workplace.The legislation, House Bill 926, is scheduled for a vote March 25 in the House Labor & Industry Committee.Advocates note that healthcare workers are more likely than others to experience […]
A state lawmaker is seeking support for legislation that would make it easier for regulated electric utilities to invest in and possibly own power plants, an idea recently floated by executives at Allentown-based PPL Electric Utilities.The concept responds to growing concerns that the electric grid is not adding enough new power to accommodate a surge in demand […]
The rating for bonds issued for Harrisburg University of Science and Technology have been cut.Amid concerns over the university’s cash position, ratings agency S&P Global Ratings downgraded the university’s bonds from BB- to B-, which reflects a heightened risk of default. The bonds were issued by the Dauphin County General Authority on the school’s behalf.S&P noted that HU’s […]
An industrial park in northern York County has attracted another out-of-state investor.An affiliate of New York-based real estate investment firm The Lightstone Group paid $9 million for an industrial building at 503-509 Industrial Drive in the Fairview Industrial Park in Fairview Township, according to county deed records. The seller was an affiliate of High Street Logistics Properties, a Boston-based […]
Peter Wisniewski has been hired as director of investor relations for Investment Real Estate Group of Companies, a York-based self-storage operator.Wisniewski has over 10 years of expertise in financial strategy and cross-sector collaboration. Most recently he worked as a development manager, where he streamlined operations and cultivated relationships within the real estate industry. His background […]
Jose Lopez has been named to the board of Ephrata National Bank. He is a new addition to the board, according to a spokesperson for the Ephrata-based bank.Lopez worked most recently as president and CEO of the Lancaster-based social services nonprofit Spanish American Civic Association and its affordable-housing arm, SACA Development Corp. An Army veteran and Lancaster native, Lopez oversaw […]
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