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Wyatt Behringer has been named communications and development manager for the High Foundation effective Dec. 1. He will lead the Foundation’s communications and marketing strategy and support the growth of its high impact areas, including affordable housing and the environment. Behringer will also contribute to the marketing and development work of the Partners for Environmental […]

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Board of WITF parent OKs payment for Lancaster newspaper transfer

WITF parent organization Pennon will spend $2.3 million during its current fiscal year to unwind its ownership of a Lancaster newspaper company. The money is coming out of an endowment fund established with the proceeds WITF received in 2017 from a federal auction of broadcast spectrum, according to documents presented to Pennon’s board at a meeting yesterday. The […]

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Warehouse construction underway along I-83

The Hanover Co., a Houston-based developer, is planting a pair of warehouses on a tract in Conewago Township, York County. The company, which is partnering with a real estate fund advised by Dallas-based Crow Holdings Capital and lender J.P. Morgan, broke ground on the project Friday and expects to wrap up construction by early 2027. The project includes […]

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WellSpan Health

Orie Chambers has been named president of WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital in Lancaster County effective Nov. 30. Chambers has been interim leader of the 141-bed facility since former president Tina Citro was named president of WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon County. Chambers has worked at WellSpan Ephrata since 2011, when he started as clinical director […]

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Pennon

Tom Baldrige, the former head of the Lancaster Chamber, has been named interim president and CEO of Pennon, the Swatara Township, Dauphin County-based parent of public broadcaster WITF and news publisher LNP Media Group. Pennon board chair Leigh Horner had been leading the nonprofit since the resignation in October of former president and CEO Ron Hetrick. Baldrige, who led the Lancaster […]

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Apparel distributor shuttering York County warehouse

A specialty clothing distributor is shuttering a warehouse and laying off 128 workers in northern York County just over a year after taking over the building from its former owner. In a notice to state and local officials, Illinois-based S&S Activewear said it plans to close its distribution center at 600 Industrial Drive in Fairview Township by […]

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Saxton & Stump

Kathryn Silcox has been named a senior counsel for Lancaster-based law firm Saxton & Stump. She will work out of the firm’s Harrisburg and York offices in the municipal law and real estate groups. Silcox has served as a magisterial district judge for Hampden and Silver Spring townships in Cumberland County since 2013. At Saxton […]

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Regional beer distributor buys York company

Wilsbach Distributors Inc., a beverage distributor based in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, has acquired Brewery Products Co. a distributor based in Springettsbury Township, York County, according to Wilsbach president Frank Sourbeer Jr. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal does not expand Wilsbach’s territory, which covers 11 counties in southcentral Pennsylvania, Sourbeer said. But […]

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Court halts college’s bidding process amid legal challenge

A state appeals court has barred a Philadelphia-area community college from putting a project out to bid after a regional contractor group raised legal questions about union-friendly requirements attached to the process. The $1 million project — for construction of an advanced HVAC training lab at Bucks County Community College — was put out to […]

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Pioneering tiny home development in Lancaster County sold

Entrepreneur Abby Shank began developing a tiny home community near Elizabethtown in 2017 at the dawn of what became one of the hottest trends in residential real estate.  Nearly a decade later, the 73-home Tiny Estates LLC community in Mount Joy Township has a new owner. A New Jersey-based partnership called Tiny Estates Lancaster LLC paid $6.1 million last […]

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Local hatmakers struggle to survive despite decades of adaptation

One of the region’s oldest hat factories is closing, and a second could follow. The family owners of F&M Hat Company Inc. in Denver, Lancaster County, have been winding down the 113-year-old business over the last year, according to fourth-generation co-owner and president Ash Fichthorn. He called the decision “bittersweet.” But, he added, “We’re at peace […]

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Assets

Andres Zorrilla is poised to become interim CEO of Lancaster-based nonprofit lender Assets after current CEO Jaime Arroyo is sworn in early next year as mayor of Lancaster. Zorrilla is the organization’s director of administration. Arroyo, who has been CEO of Assets since 2022, is scheduled to take office on Jan. 5 after winning election in November. […]

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Donut chain shuttering Carlisle Pike shop

Duck Donuts is shuttering its store at 6230 Carlisle Pike in Hampden Township, Cumberland County. The store, which opened in 2016 as part of a corporate training center, is scheduled to close on Dec. 14, according to a Facebook post.  “We are incredibly grateful for the loyal guests, families, and community members who supported our Mechanicsburg shop,” […]

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Office, retail space leased

Yingst Building leased a 28,000-square-foot office building at 4643 Jonestown Road in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, formerly occupied by Verizon. Yingst is relocating its operations to the new building and plans to open a showroom there.  The lease transaction was facilitated by Larry Kostelac and Art Campbell of Campbell Commercial Partners, who represented both […]

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Cumberland County

Paul Landers has been named CFO of Cumberland County. A resident of Mount Holly Springs, Landers succeeds Dana Best, who was elected county controller for a four-year term starting in January.  Landers worked most recently as budget services director for Lancaster County. Before that, Landers worked as a resource analyst/accounting chief while serving in the […]

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WITF parent giving Lancaster newspaper to journalist-led nonprofit

After more than two years operating under a shared nonprofit umbrella, WITF and LNP Media Group are poised to go their separate ways. Parent organization Pennon has agreed to donate LNP LancasterOnline and its sister publications covering Ephrata and Lititz to a new nonprofit, Always Lancaster, headed by veteran journalist David Greene. The name Always Lancaster reflects a tagline previously used by […]

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