The developer that converted the former Memorial Hospital in suburban York into apartments is asking Spring Garden Township to allow a hotel/motel use in a
A northeastern Pennsylvania bank is swooping into Central Pennsylvania. Norwood Financial Corp., the Honesdale-based parent of Wayne Bank, has agreed to pay roughly $54.9 million for Coatesville-based PB Bankshares, the parent of Presence Bank, a lender active in this region. The cash-and-stock deal, which requires regulatory approval, is expected to close in late 2025 or early 2026. Wayne […]
Two executives have been promoted to new roles at Lancaster City Alliance, a nonprofit focused on economic and community development. Colleen Wagner has been named vice president of administration and relations. She was previously director of administration and relations, a role she has held since 2007. She will oversee and lead employee relations, communications, volunteer […]
A 20,000-square-foot industrial building in Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, is under new ownership. A Mechanicsburg-based real estate partnership called SLP1280 LLC paid $3.185 million in June for the property at 700 Independence Ave., according to county deed records. SLP1280 was represented in the deal by Garrett Rothman of Lemoyne-based RSR Realtors. Bill Rothman, also with RSR, represented […]
Column by Richard Randall Strategic plans, whether formal documents or ideas in your head, rely on assumptions about political and economic environments, as well as
Investors have spent nearly a year blaming Daryl Heller for the crackup of an ATM network that allegedly cost them hundreds of millions of dollars. In a court filing last month, Heller dished out some blame of his own. He alleged that people managing the ATM investments misappropriated funds that should have gone to investors, […]
A York-area candy company has more than doubled its factory footprint after taking over a peer based in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County. After six decades of family ownership, The Warrell Corp. and its 230,000-square-foot plant have been sold to Wolfgang Confectioners, which operates out of a150,000 square-foot facility in Loganville. Terms of the transaction, which closed […]
Flavor 76 Catering leased 2,100 square feet of retail space at 311 2nd St. in Highspire. The local, full-service catering and private chef company is making the strategic move into its first brick-and-mortar location, offering customers a new dine-in experience. Owner Stephen Colston plans to maintain the company’s strong catering focus while using the new […]
Lauralee Baker has been named chair of the healthcare industry group at Barley Snyder. A partner at the Lancaster-based law firm, she brings more than 35 years of experience to her new role. Baker focuses her practice on representing healthcare providers – including hospitals, physicians and nurses – in medical malpractice defense litigation and in […]
A state appeals court has halted the bidding process for work on a $325 million state laboratory near Harrisburg after a builders group challenged a labor requirement attached to the project. The requirement, known as a project labor agreement, would require contractors to use mostly union workers. But the Lancaster County-based Keystone chapter of the Associated Builders […]