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Highmark Health

Karen Hanlon, president of Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health, will add CEO to her title as of Jan. 1. Hanlon will succeed David Holmberg, who has led the health insurer for 12 years and is stepping into a role as executive chairman. Hanlon, the first woman appointed CEO of Highmark, was named president about a year ago. She […]

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Trucking firm buys West Shore warehouse

Regional trucking company A. Duie Pyle is expanding its local operations with a new warehouse on the West Shore. The West Chester-based company acquired a warehouse at 485 Terminal St. in Hampden Township to go along with its service center next door at 475 Terminal St. The company described the pairing as a fully integrated […]

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Construction

Court to hear 2nd request for hold on Carlisle-area data centers

A Cumberland County judge has turned down an effort to immediately halt work on a data center campus near Carlisle, but the legal fight over a stay is not done. In an order Monday, Judge Matthew Smith denied a request to enforce what opponents of the campus argued should be an automatic stay on the […]

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Members 1st Federal Credit Union

Members 1st Federal Credit Union has recruited business and commercial lenders from two local banks impacted by recent mergers. Krista Blasser is joining Members 1st from York-based Traditions Bank, which was acquired by Gettysburg-based ACNB Corp.  Jessica Gehman, Missy Hartman and Luke Walton are coming to the credit union from Burke & Herbert Bank & […]

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Manufacturing

York County papermaker closing another Ohio plant

As it wrestles with debt, Spring Grove-based Pixelle Specialty Solutions sold off one of its business units and is closing a plant in northern Ohio, leaving about 61 people out of work.  The plant in Fremont produces carbonless sheets used in digital and offset printing. Pixelle sold the carbonless business to a Wisconsin-based paper company […]

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Legal

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Hershey spa business

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming Hershey Entertainment & Resorts failed to accommodate the religious beliefs of a part-time worker at one of its businesses, MeltSpa by Hershey in downtown Hershey. The lawsuit arose after the employee, Jeriah Sellers, told a manager she was uncomfortable escorting a transgender customer to the women’s locker […]

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Ice company sells Harrisburg distribution hub

A nearly 15,000-square-foot industrial building in Harrisburg has changed hands. York-based ice producer Good Time Ice sold the building at 1621 N. 7th St. for $1.05 million last month to an entity called Macy Holdings LLC, according to county deed records. Macy Holdings has leased the building to a California-based last-mile delivery startup called SwiftX, […]

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The Hershey Co.

The Hershey Co. has named Amanda Almond president of its international business, which accounts for about 8% of company sales. Almond, who starts Oct. 12, succeeds Rohit Grover. He worked at Hershey for more than 27 years and became head of the international division in 2019. Almond worked most recently as regional managing director for […]

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Manufacturing

Lancaster factory for sale. Could redevelopment follow?

A large industrial property in Lancaster is on the market amid indications that its owner, an Illinois-based packaging company, is pulling out. The 243,500-square-foot warehouse and factory complex at 303 N. Plum St. is listed for sale on real estate website LoopNet, albeit without an asking price. The property is owned by J.L. Clark, a […]

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