By Ashley Donahue, contributing writerShelly Russell, a childcare provider for nearly three decades, has been reading up recently on the benefits of outdoor play.Now, thanks
Will Regan has been named CFO of Carlisle-based grocery chain The Giant Co. He succeeds Rebecca Lupfer, who was promoted to chief merchant in August.Regan has held a variety of roles over two decades at Giant parent company Ahold Delhaize USA. He joined Giant in 2018 as director of commercial finance and has been the company’s director […]
Lea Zikmund has been named executive director of Hourglass, a nonprofit focused on quality of life issues in Lancaster County. She succeeds Diana Martin, who left earlier this month to take a job with the High Foundation, a Lancaster County philanthropy.A Lancaster native, Zikmund worked most recently as a mobile tour director for StoryCorps, a national nonprofit that […]
Brushing aside a flood of objections from neighbors, environmentalists and elected officials in Central Pennsylvania, federal regulators cleared the way yesterday for further work on a controversial hydroelectric project along the Susquehanna River in York County.At a meeting yesterday morning, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted a preliminary permit for the $2.3 billion project, giving developers […]
Luke Drayer, the Harrisburg-area entrepreneur who founded Drayer Physical Therapy, has contracted to buy a former assisted living facility at 3251 Butler St. in Harrisburg. He plans to donate the building to a nonprofit he co-founded alongside the company he started last year, LHM Physical Therapy Institute.The nonprofit, LHM Hospice & Social Services Foundation, is looking to raise $10 […]
Cindy Fruitrail and Kasey Paulus have moved into new leadership roles at WellSpan Health, the regional health system based in York.Fruitrail has been promoted to chief strategy officer and executive vice president. She joined WellSpan in 2020 as chief of staff and senior vice president.In her new role, Fruitrail will work with CEO Roxanna Gapstur and the […]
Pennsylvania is dodging a fiscal bullet thanks to a ruling handed down yesterday by the state’s highest court.At issue was a corporate taxpayer’s demand for a $2 million refund after a tax structure was declared unconstitutional.The Commonwealth Court ruled last year that the state should pay the refund. But a divided Supreme Court reversed the decision.Justices argued, […]
Fernmoor Homes, the New Jersey-based developer planning to revitalize the Shops @ Rockvale outlet mall in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, marked the start of demolition for some of the existing retail space at the complex. It is slated to be replaced by a 15-building, 480-unit apartment complex.Fernmoor plans to raze about 45% of the existing retail space, […]
A York-area school board turned down a request by developer Inch & Co. to secure tax relief for a $35 million sports complex the company is building in North York. York-based company Inch & Co. was asking the Central York School District for relief through the Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance program, which phases in property tax […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro is hoping to ensure ambitious developers have a friend in Pennsylvania — or at least an easier time securing permits for construction.At an event in Philadelphia yesterday, the governor signed an executive order creating a transparent, fast-track permitting program for what are being described as “complex and impactful economic development and infrastructure projects.”State officials […]
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