Dr. Jordan Balencic raised nearly $1.7 million for ERApeutics LLC, a Lancaster-based beverage startup he co-founded in 2018 with his wife, Tessa. But after a costly
Pennsylvania’s top court reversed a lower court ruling in a case involving prevailing wages, a form of minimum pay applied to government-funded construction projects Commonwealth Court ruled in 2023 that prevailing wages should not apply to the construction of a building leased to the Pennsylvania State Police. But the decision was overturned this week by […]
Should licensed real estate agents in Pennsylvania be required to keep a physical office? A lawsuit from Kevin Gaughen, a real estate agent based in Lemoyne, argues that they should not. Backed by a Virginia-based public interest law firm called the Institute for Justice, Gaughen filed a lawsuit this week in Commonwealth Court in hopes of […]
Jeff Lagana has been named chief information officer at McNees Wallace & Nurick, succeeding chief technology officer Don Martin, who is retiring. Martin will remain on board during the transition. Lagana will partner with the law firm’s leaders on itss technology strategy, spanning security, innovation and digital transformation. He joins McNees from Buchanan Ingersoll & […]
The neighbors who have spent nearly a decade seeking to shut down a York County winery are not buying the venue’s last-ditch plea to end a court order keeping it closed. Moon Dancer Vineyards & Winery is asking a York County judge to lift the order following a vote in March by neighbors in its section of Lauxmont Farms […]
Members 1st Federal Credit Union broke ground this month on a full-service branch near Easton in the Lehigh Valley. The branch at 1900 Sullivan Trail in Forks Township, Northampton County, is expected to open in the fourth quarter, according to Members 1st communications and public relations manager Courtney McFarland. The new office will join nearly […]
Elizabeth Rider is retiring as president of Elizabethtown College, an institution she first came to in 1988 as a psychology professor. Elizabethtown trustees are beginning the search for her successor. Rider became the liberal arts college’s 16th president in 2022 as it was coming out of the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic. Under her leadership, the […]
The Dauphin County General Authority has tweaked the agreement governing the pending $45.6 million sale of the Dauphin Highlands Golf Course to Dallas-based data center developer Provident Realty Advisors. In a vote yesterday, the authority — which owns the 228-acre course in Swatara Township and Steelton — amended the agreement to allow the sale to close earlier than the original date […]
The hunger for cooling products is heating up, and a Lancaster-based specialty manufacturer is vying to meet the need. Advanced Cooling Technologies plans to add 50,000 square feet of space to support high-volume production of cold plates used in liquid cooling, a newer technology rapidly being adopted by data center developers. The expansion is the first […]
Amid steep financial challenges, the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg is preparing to unload its flagship campus, the Alexander Grass Campus for Jewish Life at 2986 N. Second St. in Harrisburg. “The federation is interviewing real estate firms and hopes to see the campus up for sale soon,” federation spokesperson Jeanette Krebs said. The federation bought the […]