It could be another four weeks before a bankruptcy court decides the fate of the beleaguered Governor’s Square apartment complex in uptown Harrisburg.The court had
New York-based private equity firm Broad Sky Partners has snapped up Punctual Pros, a regional franchisee for three high-profile consumer-facing brands.Based in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Punctual Pros serves customers across Central Pennsylvania as an operator of One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing and Mister Sparky Electrical franchises.The company is hoping to expand its footprint through acquisitions, said company […]
Operators of the Holtwood and Safe Harbor dams are weighing in against a proposed hydroelectric plant along the Susquehanna River in an area known as Cuffs Run in Chanceford Township, York County.’The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is currently weighing whether to issue a permit allowing the developer, York Energy Storage LLC, to study the project’s feasibilty.Holtwood […]
A longtime Lancaster County manufacturer is under new ownership.Greiner Industries, a structural steel fabricator in Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, has been acquired by IES Holdings Inc., a Houston-based company that designs and installs electrical and technology systems for data centers, residential housing and industrial facilities, among other end markets. The acquisition includes the Greiner business […]
Business groups are decrying a recent directive from Gov. Josh Shapiro designed to increase the state’s use of project labor agreements, deals that generally require the use of union labor on public projects.Issued last week, the directive calls on state agencies to review contract solicitations for capital projects to determine which ones would be good fits for […]
A regional nonprofit is poised to spin off its senior-living operations to a larger peer based in Missouri.Topton-based Diakon, which has a finance and support center in Middletown, has agreed to merge its senior-living subsidiary into St. Louis-based Lutheran Senior Services. Terms of the transaction, expected to close this summer, were not disclosed. “This was a strategic […]
A state House panel has passed bills on party-line votes that would strengthen protections against workplace discrimination.One bill would lower the threshold for state anti-discrimination enforcement to businesses with as few as two employees, down from the current threshold of four.Another bill would tweak provisions covering gender-based wage discrimination. It would, for example, bar disparate […]
Shock waves from the collapse of a crucial highway bridge in Baltimore are sure to be felt in Central Pennsylvania, where highway signs yesterday warned of road closures to the south.The Francis Scott Key Bridge — which carried the Baltimore beltway over the Patapsco River near the Chesapeake Bay — was struck early in the morning […]
Breeze Airways, a Utah-based airline, is adding nonstop flights from Lancaster Airport to Orlando on Thursdays and Sundays starting on Oct. 8. Fares for the twice-weekly flights are expected to start at $79 each way. Breeze plans to use Airbus A220-300 jets on the route, according to a spokesperson for the airline. Among the potential beneficiaries […]
Debate is heating up over a proposed $2.3 billion hydroelectric project along the Susquehanna River in Chanceford Township, York County.The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is assessing whether to grant project developer York Energy Storage LLC a preliminary permit, which would allow the company to undertake up to four years of feasibility studies.Hundreds of local residents and officials […]
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