A federal agency restored funding for organizations that assist small and midsized manufacturers in 10 states.The Trump administration ended contracts with the organizations at the
More changes are coming to the region’s largest engineering firm. Gannett Fleming TranSystems relocated its West Shore headquarters this year.Now, the firm is getting a new name and a new CEO, the first leader from outside the company.The new moniker is GFT. The new CEO is Mike Orth. He succeeds Bob Scaer, who retired in August following the merger […]
Brian Spiegel has joined McNees Wallace & Nurick as the law firm’s director of talent acquisition.A former commercial litigator, Spiegel brings nearly a decade of recruiting experience from talent acquisition roles at national firms.“Brian’s unique background, combining both legal practice and recruitment experience, makes him an exceptional fit for this role,” Jenna Wagner, McNees’s COO, […]
Bank of Bird-in-Hand in Lancaster County is seeking permission to add a stop in Mount Joy for one of its Gelt Buses, which are essentially bank branches on wheels.If all goes as planned, the bank’s Gelt Bus No. 3 would begin making stops at 3141 Mount Joy Road, the home of Mount Joy Gift and Thrift, […]
On a sunny day last September, leaders of WellSpan Health and real estate developer Inch & Co. came together to cement their partnership on a new sports complex in North York.Seven months later, the partnership appears to be coming apart.WellSpan is no longer a sponsor of what was going to be called the WellSpan Sports Complex, according to […]
The Nature Conservancy paid $3 million for a 509-acre tract at 160 Cemetery Road in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, and then transferred the land to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The property, which includes portions of the Kittatinny Ridge, is now part of State Game Lands 211. The property had been owned by the Vartan […]
Developers have acquired land off the Carlisle Pike in Cumberland County where they plan to build three warehouses.The warehouses will span nearly 2 million square feet under plans approved in 2023 under the previous owner of the property, part of Hempt Farms in Silver Spring Township.The developers — a joint venture between New York-based Rockefeller Group and California-based MBK […]
Big Lots is coming back to Central Pennsylvania.The retail brand’s new owner, North Carolina-based Variety Wholesalers, plans to reopen more than two dozen former Big Lots in Pennsylvania over the next two months, including locations in Cumberland, Lebanon, Lancaster and York counties.Variety is reopening three Big Lots on May 1 in Dunmore, Eynon and Lewisburg, followed […]
Penn State Health has promoted two staff members to leadership roles in its perioperative service unit.Betsy Thomas has been named the perioperative administrative leader. She joined the regional health system in 2003 as a budget analyst with the Hershey Outpatient Surgery Center. Most recently, she was director of surgical services operations at Milton S. Hershey […]
Ben Shipley has been named president of the York Revolution minor league baseball team effective April 1. He succeeds Eric Menzer, who laid the groundwork for the team as a York city official and went on to lead it for nearly 15 years.Menzer is moving into a role as vice chairman of the York Professional Baseball, which does […]
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