Elizabeth Ritter has been named president of UPMC Carlisle. She had been interim president of the Cumberland County hospital since September following the departure of
Deborah Bowman, Scott Henry Ashley Hershey have been named principals at regional accounting and advisory firm Brown Plus effective Jan. 1. Bowman has been the firm’s COO/CFO and will now be COO/principal. She has more than 35 years of experience, including 12 at Brown Plus. Based in the firm’s Camp Hill office, she supervises administrative, HR, […]
It has been nearly a year since the former Dentsply campus in York city changed hands, fueling hopes for the property’s redevelopment. Hopes are now turning into blueprints. Developer York Realty Partners LLC has outlined plans for 62 townhomes on a portion of the 17.3-acre campus. The townhomes, dubbed the Towns at York Creek, would rise on parking lots behind […]
For three years in a row, former Gov. Tom Wolf and state lawmakers tried to get their hands on surplus money held by Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice insurer of last resort. The insurer fought back, arguing that, as a private entity, its multimillion-dollar surplus should remain beyond the reach of public officials. Wolf and state legislators […]
A partnership called Rockstone Leasing PA LLC paid $1.9 million for a flex building at 7813 Derry St. in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, according to county records. Rockstone is affiliated with a California-based trucking company, Divine Transportation, which plans to open a terminal at the Derry Street site, according to Dmitry Chernov, a business manager for Divine. The […]
President-elect Donald Trump made hay during the campaign with pledges to end taxes on tips and overtime pay. It’s unclear whether the proposals will gain traction in the U.S. Congress, given their potential cost. But the debate is likely to play out in Harrisburg, as well. In recent weeks, Pennsylvania lawmakers have floated proposals to […]
After missing an October deadline, WellSpan Health and UnitedHealthcare have agreed to renew a key reimbursement contract. The multiyear agreement, which took effect Dec. 15, means WellSpan providers are once again in-network for about 35,000 people in Central Pennsylvania who are covered by UnitedHealthcare through the workplace. The deal caps weeks of uncertainty for patients. They faced higher costs […]
Pennsylvania may have one of the highest gas taxes in the country, but the levy is delivering shrinking returns, according to a research brief this week from the Independent Fiscal Office, a state agency monitoring budgetary and economic trends. The culprit is declining gasoline usage in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which pretty much […]
A union representing workers at a Lancaster pork processing plant dropped labor charges it filed against Clemens Food Group, which bought the plant earlier this year and then closed it, idling more than 190 workers. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 152 filed a grievance in October with the National Labor Relations Boar alleging that Clemens […]
Seven Trees Woodworking LLC, a custom millwork and furniture maker, is planning to buy the 28,304 square-foot industrial building the company has been leasing since 2020. The company is poised to pay $2 million for the property, which is at 124 King Court in Earl Township, Lancaster County. The building had been home to Martin’s Chair, […]