Mary Yanocha has joined Lancaster-based law firm Saxton & Stump as senior director of marketing and business development. Based in the firm’s Malvern offie, she
Stuart Haniff has been named executive director of Hunger-Fee Pennsylvania following the retirement last month of its long-time leader, Sheila Christopher. Christopher has led the Harrisburg-based nonprofit since she helped launch it 40 years ago at the peak of a sharp national recession. It oversees a statewide network of food banks that serve people at […]
Developer Ben Sutton has been working for more than a year to bake new life into a former bakery plant in West York.This week, he secured a key ingredient: a low-interest state loan and accompanying grant totaling nearly $2.5 million in all.“It was the missing part,” Sutton said in an interview with biznewsPA. “Now, we […]
Fulton Financial is closing 19 branches in southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey and New York City three months after the bank’s emergency acquisition of failed Philadelphia lender Republic First Bank, a deal that deepened Fulton’s reach in the state’s largest market. Lancaster-based Fulton is closing 13 of its own branches and six former Republic branches, according to Fulton spokesperson Stephen […]
Heidi Freese has been named a shareholder in Tucker Arensberg, a Pittsburgh-based law firm with offices in Harrisburg, Beaver, Cleveland, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area. Freese is working out of the firm’s Harrisburg office.Freese was most recently the federal public defender for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Before that, she worked for […]
Roger Haddon and Timm Moyer joined the WellSpan Health board of directors effective July 3, following the health system’s recent affiliation with Evangelical Community Hospital. Haddon is president, CEO and owner of Sunbury Broadcasting Corp., a digital media/digital marketing company that includes four radio stations and corresponding local news and entertainment platforms. Prior to that, […]
The light bulb came on both literally and figuratively during a Harrisburg-area pilot program teaching young people the basics of carpentry, plumbing and electrical work in the summer of 2019.The program’s 10 students built a lamp that worked, while the program’s organizer, Patricia Robinson, realized she had crafted an effective way to reach them.“The kids […]
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc. is launching a co-branded Visa credit card in partnership with Los Angeles-based fintech Sunbit. The card is designed to build on Ollie’s loyalty program, Ollie’s Army, which has about 14 million members.The card’s features include a $10 statement credit for signing up and extra Ollie’s Army points on purchases at Ollie’s and other […]
Inch & Co. Holdings, a York County construction and real estate development firm, has hired Mike Benshoof as its first-ever chief operations and financial officer. Benshoof, a construction industry veteran, was most recently president of Berks Homes, a regional home builder with offices in Mohnton, New Cumberland and State College.“We’re very, very happy to have him […]
After a run of more than 20 years, Traditions Bank in York County has agreed to be acquired by ACNB Corp., a Gettysburg-based institution aiming to push eastward into York and Lancaster counties.The all-stock deal, expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, is valued at $73.5 million. The combined bank would have assets of $3.3 billion and […]
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