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Regional repair shop faces federal charges

Federal authorities are leveling pollution-related charges against Pro Diesel Werks, a vehicle service business with operations in Lebanon and Reading, as well the company’s owner and a service manager.They allegedy violated the federal Clean Air Act by disabling pollution control systems on diesel vehicles and tampering with their diagnostic systems, which are supposed to warn […]

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Lancaster manufacturer winding down Philly subsidiary

Lancaster manufacturer Burnham Holdings Inc. is planning to wind down a subsidiary operating out of a plant in Philadelphia. Burnham’s move to shutter its subsidiary Crown Boiler is designed to streamline company operations and enhance efficiency. But it also reflects rising demand for more efficient boilers made by other Burnham subsidiaries, including U.S. Boiler, New Yorker Boiler and Velocity Boiler Works.Crown Boiler did not […]

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Saxton & Stump

Rory Connaughton has joined Saxton & Stump as a shareholder in the Lancaster law firm’s commercial litigation and labor/employment groups.Connaughton was previously co-founder and former managing partner of Brubaker Connaughton Goss & Lucarelli, a law firm that is also based in Lancaster. He brings three decades of experience in commercial litigation, including recent work as an […]

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Boyer & Ritter

Fatim Doumbia has joined Boyer & Ritter as a senior associate auditor, where she will work with various industry practice groups for the Camp Hill-based accounting and consulting services firm.Doumbia has more than seven years of auditing experience working for some of the largest firms in the accounting field, both in the for-profit and nonprofit […]

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Hanover-area Wawa property sold

The roughly 2-acre site housing a Hanover-area Wawa changed hands last month at a price of nearly $5.5 million, more than twice the price paid about three years ago for a neighboring shopping plaza.The buyer was an affiliate of Rialto Management, a New York City-based real estate company that describes itself as managing commercial and residential properties on […]

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Investment Real Estate Group of Companies

Orla Allison has been named director of human resources for Investment Real Estate Group of Companies, the York-based operator of Moove In Self Storage facilities.Allison has more than a decade of experience in strategic leadership, talent acquisition and employee relations. She worked most recently as the director of HR Americas at OpSec Security LLC. “We […]

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Rettew

Andy Bennett has been named COO of Rettew. Bennett, who joined the Lancaster-based engineering firm in July as vice president of operations, succeeds Rob Lauriello as part of the company’s succession plan.As COO, Bennett will oversee day-to-day technical operations, as well as the development and implementation of annual business and quality management plans, working closely with […]

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York, Lanco rehab projects land state grants

The state is pouring more than $1.3 million into a pair of renovation projects in York and Lancaster counties as part of a program to fund downtown revitalization.Lancaster-based nonprofit Community Basics Inc. landed $823,917 to rehab a 23-unit affordable-housing complex in Maytown called Three Center Square.The York County Industrial Development Authority is getting $504,050 to advance its plans […]

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Harrisburg planners OK first steps in hospital redevelopment

Harrisburg’s planning commission unanimously approved a plan last week to subdivide the former Polyclinic Hospital campus last week, clearing the way for a developer to begin the first phase of a $45 million mixed-use project in the city’s Uptown neighborhood.The commission also approved a change to the property’s zoning from institutional to commercial neighborhood. However, the […]

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Former Harrisburg Catholic school slated for sheriff’s sale

A plan to open a farmer’s market at the former property of Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg is going forward, even though there is now a foreclosure notice posted for the property, according to court records and the owner of the property.On March 19, a $2.2 million mortgage foreclosure notice was filed on the […]

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Regional retail portfolio on the block

A portfolio of 16 shopping centers across Central and eastern Pennsylvania is hitting the market.The centers, including some in Cumberland, Lebanon and York counties, are managed by Vastgood Properties LLC, a Port Washington, New York-based firm that owns them alongside other investors, according to Vastgood CEO Leo Ullman. Ullman referred questions about the sale listing to the broker, Chris […]

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‘We can’t stand still’: Growth-minded bank passing baton to new leader

During the 34 years he’s been a board member at F&M Trust, G. Warren Elliott has seen “too many” community banks disappear in mergers and acquisitions.Elliott, F&M Trust’s chairman since 2012, does not want the Chambersburg-based bank to join their ranks, but he knows the lender will have to work to preserve its independence.“We can’t […]

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Authority tees up potential golf course sale amid data center demand

A suburban Harrisburg golf course is the latest plot of land in the region to draw attention from developers of data centers, power-hungry computing facilities that are vital to the growth of artificial intelligence.Would-be buyers with data centers in mind have shown an appetite for the Dauphin Highlands Golf Course, according to Jeanette Krebs, spokesperson […]

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Utility cutting Pennsylvania staff

FirstEnergy is laying off about 350 people across its five-state territory, including 75 in Pennsylvania, where it does business as Met Ed, West Penn Power and other brands. The cuts represent less than 3% of the Ohio-based company’s workforce overall and are not expected to affect the company’s ability to maintain electric infrastructure, which is under growing pressure […]

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Device maker settles federal charges

Diopsys Inc., a medical device company based in Middletown, has agreed to pay up to $14.25 million for allegedly violating state and federal laws by submitting false claims to Medicaid and Medicare, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey.Diopsys, which was formerly based in New Jersey, developed a device that […]

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Saxton & Stump

Dominic Giovanniello has joined the commercial litigation group of Saxton & Stump, a Lancaster-based law firm.Giovanniello represents clients in civil litigation throughout Pennsylvania, handling complex disputes involving corporate law, real estate transactions, zoning regulations, and trusts and estates matters.He has a law degree from Widener Commonwealth Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Shippensburg University.The […]

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York taproom changes hands

An investment group affiliated with York-based contractor Royal Square Development & Construction has acquired Holy Hound Taproom, a bar at 57 W. Market St. in downtown York. Terms of the transaction, which closed March 31, were not disclosed. But former owner Scott Eden listed the roughly 6,000 square-foot venue and its liquor license for sale at nearly […]

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Audit: Lapsed UPMC recordkeeping led to Medicaid overpayments

Due to recordkeeping lapses by UPMC Health Plan, a state agency reimbursed the health insurer for Medicaid recipients who were not eligible for the program, including some who had died, according to an audit released yesterday by the office of Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor. The resulting overpayments to UPMC totaled $357,048 in 2022, according to the audit, […]

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