Trevor Martin has been named senior vice president of investor relations for Utz Brands, the Hanover-based snack food company. Martin, who has nearly 20 years of investment management and consumer research experience, worked most recently for Victory Capital/RS Investment Management, a diversified global asset management firm. He has also worked as a research analyst at […]
Jeffrey Stauffer is retiring from his role as president and CEO of Ephrata National Bank and its holding company, ENB Financial. Stauffer, who has led the bank since 2020, plans to step down effective Dec. 31, 2026. He will be succeeded by Rachel Bitner, the bank’s CFO. Bitner, 47, joined the Lancaster County bank in 2009 as a […]
It’s been a week since New Jersey-based investment firm Energy Capital Partners announced it was planning a $5 billion data center in southern York County. But the precise location remains unknown, even to the manager of Peach Bottom Township, where the data center is widely expected to be built. “Your guess is as good as mine,” township […]
Aimee Deraco hesitated when she was first approached about becoming chief executive of Brubaker Inc., a family-owned contractor in Lancaster County that was mulling a transition to employee ownership. She wasn’t sure, at first, what role would be played by the company’s then-owners, brothers Dave, Don and Gerry Brubaker. They had taken over the company […]
Eduardo Santos has been named vice president of enterprise growth strategy and insights at PSECU, a Harrisburg-based credit union. Santos will oversee strategy, marketing analytics, experience analytics, market intelligence and deposit strategy in a bid to better understand the preferences of PSECU members and align growth efforts with what drives value. Santos, who has more […]
Baüen Unlimited, a Lancaster County company overseeing a stable of construction firms, has promoted three executives. Samuel Ebersol has been named CEO of Baüen, succeeding Ed Ferderbar. Ferderbar had led the company since 2021. Ebersol who has more than 30 years of experience in construction and manufacturing, was most recently general manager of Mid-Atlantic Timberframes, […]
Karen Kinslow has been named vice president of Pennsylvania operations for FirstEnergy, which has more than 2 million customers in the state. It is a mew position for the Ohio-based utility. She will oversee electricity delivery to customers and lead strategies designed to improve the customer experience, and she will report to John Hawkins, president […]
The dust is still settling on the flurry of announcements for massive data and energy projects proposed this week for Pennsylvania. Actual dust could soon start flying on one of those projects — a $6 billion data center investment in Lancaster. The city has issued demolition permits for the first phase of the project, according […]
The owner of a former Catholic school in Harrisburg has three more months to avoid a forced sale of the property. A sheriff’s sale of the former Bishop McDevitt High School was scheduled for this morning. But according to a notice from the Dauphin County sheriff’s office, the sale has been pushed back to Oct. 16. […]
Harristown Enterprises, Select Capital Commercial Properties and Garden Spot Communities are teaming up to convert a former office building in downtown Harrisburg into apartments for people over 55. The roughly $10 million project aims to bring 39 apartments to the eight-story building, the former Veterans’ Building at 112 Market St. Harristown, a nonprofit developer based in Harrisburg, has […]
Less than a month after deciding to close a lumber operation in northwestern Pennsylvania, Weaber Inc. is consolidating operations in Lebanon County and laying off 145 workers. The lumber company is vacating a distribution center at 25 Keystone Drive in South Annville Township and shifting work to its headquarters location at 1231 Mount Wilson Road, also […]
Major tech companies yesterday disclosed billions of dollars in new investment in Central Pennsylvania, though some key details remain to be filled in. Data center giant CoreWeave said it plans to sink $6 billion into developing a data center in Lancaster in partnership with a company that recently acquired two former printing plants in the city. A […]
Kevin Acklin has joined Stevens & Lee as a shareholder as part of the Reading-based law firm’s expansion into Pittsburgh. Acklin, who worked previously as president of business operations for the Pittsburgh Penguins, is the firm’s first attorney fully based in the Steel City, where parent company The Stevens & Lee Companies opened an office earlier this […]
Realterm, a real estate investment firm specializing in logistics and transportation-related properties, paid $5.1 million for a property at 6330 Basehore Road in Hampden Township, Cumberland County, according to county deed records. The seller was an affiliate of New Jersey-based Vineland Construction. The 8.1-acre site is used for outdoor storage and includes a 6,960-square-foot maintenance shop […]
A company that managed the rock band Live during its 1990s heyday claims in a York County lawsuit that band members owe it tens of thousands of dollars in commissions. The company, Bethlehem-based Media Five, alleges it’s due more than $250,000 under agreements signed in 1990 and 1994, according to the lawsuit, filed in early July. The agreements […]
For the first time in 11 years, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is upping the cost for its undergraduates. Tuition is rising this fall to $12,300 per semester, up nearly 3% from the previous cost of $11,950. Why is this happening: The increase will help the university keep up with rising expenses, according to Ryan Riley, […]
United Disabilities Services Foundation, a Lancaster-based nonprofit, has promoted six staff members. Judy Naylor has been named president and CEO. She will serve as the primary leader, strategist and advocate of the organization, overseeing all aspects of operations, programs, finance and strategic growth. Naylor has worked at the nonprofit for 15 years and played an […]
Jeremy Drake has been named head of school at Christian School of York effective July 1. He worked most recently served as the executive pastor at Church of the Open Door in York and brings nearly 25 years of experience in ministry and education to his new role. He began his teaching career in the […]