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Federal cuts hit manufacturing services providers

The federal government has canceled contracts with organizations that assist small and midsized manufacturers in 10 states, cutting off a major source of funding.Pennsylvania is not one of the 10. Nonetheless, the cancellations raise questions about the fate of similar organizations in the Keystone State, including York-based Mantec. The nonprofit receives federal funding via a statewide entity […]

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Poole Anderson Construction

Chad Lakatosh has been named president of Poole Anderson Construction, a contractor with offices in Harrisburg, State College and Scranton. He succeeds John Lehmann, who has led the company since 2013.Lakatosh has worked at Poole Anderson since 2004, most recently as senior vice president of operations.The company’s recent projects include office renovations for WebFx, a digital marketing […]

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Harrisburg office sold

A Wormleysburg-based partnership called Vaughn Terrace LLC paid $1.55 million for a 15,814-square-foot office complex at 3300 N. 3rd St. in Harrisburg, according to county deed records. The seller was Robbins House Associates, a trust affiliated with longtime area construction executive Rick Reynolds.The office houses a contractor called SitelogIQ, which acquired Reynolds Construction and related entities in 2020. The office was […]

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Bank, business owner spar in court over loan

The owner of a Harrisburg-area flooring company and a regional bank are trading allegations in Dauphin County court over the status of a $4 million loan. Mid Penn Bank claims the loan is in default and is seeking a judgement of just over $4 million, plus interest, according to court filings. Scott Appel, founder of flooring manufacturer and […]

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McNees Wallace & Nurick

Harrisburg-based law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick has hired two attorneys for its York office.Lara Bream has joined McNees as of counsel in the firm’s litigation group, where she will also advise clients on matters related to special education and education law.Steven Ahlbrandt has joined as an associate in the real estate, construction and procurement […]

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Developer buys former Rite Aid, plans for Wawa

Hanover Eisenhower Developers LLC, an affiliate of New Jersey-based Paramount Realty, paid just over $3.4 million for a roughly 3.5-acre site housing a former Rite Aid in Hanover. Paramount hopes to erect a Wawa convenience store on the property at 301 Eisenhower Blvd. Rite Aid closed the store in 2023.The seller was Florida-based H F Real Estate Partnership, according to county deed […]

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Grant backs mixed-use project

A Harrisburg nonprofit has landed a $500,000 state grant for a mixed-use project in Harrisburg’s low-income Allison Hill neighborhood.The $3.3 million project calls for erecting a 15,000 square-foot building at the corner of South 13th and Market streets in Harrisburg, according to Tannon Herman, executive director of Wildheart, the community development nonprofit behind the project, dubbed […]

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Chain buys pair of store properties

Sheetz Inc. has purchased two York County properties where it has operated convenience stores for more than 20 years, according to county deed records. The seller was a Maryland-based firm called SEL Properties Inc. Altoona-based Sheetz paid nearly $3 million for a 2.2-acre parcel at 3200 Cape Horn Road in York Township, land that was put up for […]

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The Caring Cupboard

David Fitzkee has been named executive director at The Caring Cupboard, a nonprofit food pantry with operations in Jonestown and Palmyra. He succeeds Shila Ulrich, who was named president of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank starting in January.Fitzkee, who has nearly 20 years of experience in nonprofit management, is joining Caring Cupboard in the midst of what the nonprofit sees […]

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Lawsuit accuses high-profile Lancaster chef of misusing restaurant funds

A lawsuit is accusing one of Lancaster’s culinary stars of misappropriating money earned by the restaurant and bakery that he and a partner opened nearly a decade ago.The restaurant is Bistro Barberet & Bakery, which has garnered international acclaim since opening in 2015 at 26 E. King St. in Lancaster.In the lawsuit filed this week, the […]

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Hanover contractor buys concrete company

Conewago Manufacturing LLC, an affiliate of Hanover-based contractor Conewago Enterprises Inc. has acquired Hanover Concrete Co., which has operations in Hanover, Gettysburg and Shrewsbury. Terms of the transaction, which was finalized on April 1, were not disclosed.David Albright, president of Hanover Concrete, is joining Conewago as vice president of ready-mix sales. The combined companies provide ready-mix concrete and […]

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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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