Jody Shaffer is retiring after 12 years as CEO of YWCA Hanover, effective in June. The nonprofit’s board has created a CEO transition team to oversee
It may be more than 30 years old, but the Central Penn Business Group on Health is in startup mode. The Lancaster-based nonprofit has hired a new CEO, and it is mulling new approaches to help area employers contend with rising healthcare costs, perhaps by applying analytics and other technologies. “The employers are looking for more,” said […]
How much money will Pennsyvania collect if it switches to combined reporting, a form of taxation designed to bring in more taxes on corporate profits? It depends on who’s counting. The Independent Fiscal Office, a state budget watchdog, would bring in an additional $58 million in taxes during the fiscal year starting in July. In […]
Jeff Oldham has been named CEO of Groff Tractor & Equipment, a Mechanicsburg-based construction equipment dealer. He succeeds Michael Savastio, who retired, according to a Groff spokesperson. Oldham worked most recently as CEO of GreenMark Equipment, a dealership covering western Michigan and northern Indiana. He began his career at a John Deere parts depot in Kansas City and […]
It was a groundbreaking six years in the making, and developer Don Murphy wasn’t going to let steady rain or thunderstorm warnings stand in the way. Murphy and about 100 other people huddled in and around a tent yesterday to mark the start of construction on a new hotel at the intersection of Walnut and […]
McNees Wallace & Nurick has hired two attorneys. Sean Campbell has joined the law firm’s litigation group, while Matthew Garber joined the firm’s energy and environmental law group. Both are based in McNees’ downtown Harrisburg office. Campbell worked previously as an associate at a regional law firm where he focused on business torts and contract […]
FirstEnergy plans to spend $33 million to expand and reconfigure electrical substations in Windsor and Lower Windsor townships to improve reliability, according to Will Boye, a spokesperson for the Ohio-based utility. The projects were recently approved by the PJM, the entity that operates the regional power grid, but they still require additional approvals, including from the Pennsylvania […]
Federal workplace safety regulators are probing the shooting that took place inside the intensive care unit at UPMC Memorial in York County on the morning of Feb. 22. The investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was opened the day of the shooting, which claimed the life of a West York police officer and injured […]
Schiffman Sheridan & Brown PC leased 3,601 square feet of office space at 2805 Old Post Road in Harrisburg. The law firm is relocating from its former office on Linglestown Road in Harrisburg. James D. Ross of NAI CIR represented the tenant. Jason Sourbeer of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord in this transaction. Gift […]
The Christmas-Dale Trust purchased a 2,500 square foot mixed-use investment property at 517 Main St. in McSherrystown. Located outside of Hanover, the property features a retail suite, two residential units and a fully occupied garage unit. The retail suite will undergo minor renovations before being offered for lease. Tony Plakas of NAI CIR represented the […]