A Pennsylvania appeals court sided last week with a corporate taxpayer that claimed state tax authorities were wrong to reject its petition for a refund.The
Column by Martin Fedorko Pennsylvania has always been a place defined by ambition. From steel and rail to robotics and biotech, industries that have shaped
Grace Ford has joined Landmark Commercial Realty as a brokerage coordinator.Ford brings more than 20 years of experience in elementary education and nonprofit leadership, including a stint as executive director of Vickie’s Angel Foundation Grace, a New Cumberland-based nonprofit that supports families facing cancer diagnoses.Ford has a bachelor’s degree in elementary and childhood education from […]
Business owner Daryl Heller has blamed several factors for the collapse of Paramount Management Group, the Lancaster-based ATM network that imploded last year in a morass of lawsuits.Those factors include rising interest rates, declining ATM usage and tighter regulatory requirements for the cash-dispensing machines, according to a report released this week by an examiner appointed by […]
Regional accounting and consulting firm Boyer & Ritter has hired eight associates, including three who previously interned with the firm and two who have accounting experience working with businesses, nonprofits and governmental entities.Madison Bucher has a bachelor’s degree in accounting with a minor in economics and a master’s degree in accounting from Bloomsburg University. She […]
Another office property in downtown Harrisburg is slated for conversion to apartments. Breneman Properties LLC, headed by former Penn State football-player-turned entrepreneur Adam Breneman, paid $370,000 for the 8,300-square-foot property at 315 N. Second St., according to county deed records. The three-building property was previously owned by the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes, assisted […]
After years of steady growth in Lancaster, Lebanon and Berks counties, the parent of Ephrata National Bank is crossing state lines.ENB Financial Corp. said yesterday it agreed to buy Cecil Bancorp, a small bank in northeastern Maryland.The cash deal, valued at $30.8 million, is the first bank acquisition in ENB’s history, which stretches back to 1881.The deal is […]
Michael Link has been named president and CEO of Choices Healthcare, a regional hospice provider, effective Oct. 1. He is succeeding Steve Knaub, who is retiring this year after leading the Lancaster-based nonprofit since 2014.Link joined what was then called Hospice of Lancaster County in 2001 as an information systems trainer. He advanced into leadership roles, most recently as COO.Link […]
Over the last few years, the York Galleria mall has replaced retail anchors with a mini casino, a gym and a self-storage facility. Could an apartment building be next?This spring, developers pitched local officials on plans to erect a four-story, 98-unit apartment building on an underused parking lot in front of the self-storage facility.No land […]
Shiny Shell Carwash, one of several car wash chains spreading across Central Pennsylvania over the last few year, is planning to open a car wash in Springettsbury Township, York County.The Utah-based company paid $1.925 million in June for two acres at 3021 E. Market St., site of a shuttered motel known as Barnhart’s Inn.The company was represented […]
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