The Hershey Co. said Friday that Michele Buck plans to retire on June 30, 2026 as chair, president and CEO of the Dauphin County-based company. Buck, who grew up in the Carlisle area and graduated from Shippensburg University, started working at Hershey in 2005 and became CEO in 2017.Under her leadership, Hershey surpassed $10 billion […]
A court order on Friday gave some relief to investors in Paramount Management Group, a financially strapped ATM operator based in Lancaster.But the order did not give the investors everything they wanted.Notably, it stopped short of ordering Paramount to hire a forensic auditor to help recover funds for the investors, who argue they are owed tens […]
Linglestown Rd LLC paid $40,000 for a three-acre tract off Linglestown Road and Interstate 81 in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County, according to county deed records. James D. Ross of NAI CIR represented the seller, R. Stough.VIP Edu LLC paid $695,000 for 3.593 acres of land at Indian Springs Drive in Lancaster from SBCC Land […]
WellSpan Health held a grand opening last week for a new outpatient center in Lancaster County. The $23 million WellSpan Outpatient Center at CityGate is located near The Shoppes at Belmont on the Fruitville Pike.The 34,000 square-foot facility includes three operating rooms and a 20-bed pre/post-anesthesia care area divided into two distinct spaces depending on care […]
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Kristen McGuire has been named a partner York-based law firm Stock and Leader. She is a member of the law firm’s estates practice group and the York County coordinator of Wills for Heroes, a program providing free estate planning documents to veterans and first responders.McGuire joined Stock and Leader after graduating in 2017 from the Dickinson […]
After buying Lancaster County-based ATI Corp. in October 2023, a Houston-based private equity firm began investing in the manufacturer’s future.The investments have bolstered ATI’s sales force, production processes, and research and development, said Ryan Martin, a managing partner at the private equity firm, LDR Partners LP. Now, LDR is investing in ATI’s leadership.How: Through a merger between ATI […]
Jack Fritsche has moved from CFO to COO of the Investment Real Estate Group of Companies, a self-storage company that operates the Moove In Self Storage brand. Fritsche joined the York-based company in 2023, bringing more than 20 years of experience in real estate.“His background in operations, human resources, risk management and financial planning makes him exceptionally […]
Garrett Rothman. He has been named president of RSR Realtors, the Lemoyne-based real estate firm co-founded by his father, Bill Rothman, in 1970. Garrett Rothman, who has been an agent at RSR since 2003, succeeds Jamie Berrier, who remains part of the firm’s ownership group and an agent. In addition to his sales and leasing activities, Rothman […]
Since it was founded in 2019, Zimmermann Investment Management & Planning in New Cumberland has grown to more than $700 million in assets under management.But if it wanted to keep growing at the same pace, it needed a partner, said Curt H. Zimmerman, founder and president of the company. “We just needed a different way to […]
Ryan Pudloski and Kelly Seipe have been promoted to new roles at JPL, an integrated marketing agency in Harrisburg. They also have joined the company’s ownership group.Pudloski has been named chief technology officer, a role overseeing JPL’s technology strategy, with a focus on integrating creative, technology, media and analytics on behalf of the firm’s clients. […]
Lorie Heckman has been named an executive vice president of F&M Trust, the banking subsidiary of Chambersburg-based Franklin Financial Services.Heckman, who has worked at the bank for nearly four decades, is its chief risk officer.Over her career, she has held numerous roles, including credit recovery manager, security officer, compliance officer, and vice president of compliance […]
Four staff members have joined the membership group of McNees Wallace & Nurick, a Harrisburg-based law firm. They are Alexandra Ahlbrandt, Amanda Kraft, Courtney Wentzel and Erica Wible. Ahlbrandt, who joined McNees in 2018, is a corporate and tax attorney based in the firm’s York office. She focuses on healthcare M&A and earned a law degree […]
A developer is hoping to erect a small solar farm on a nearly 88-acre tract in suburban Harrisburg.But first, the developer, a subsidiary of Boston-based BlueWave, must convince officials in Lower Paxton Township to allow solar panels in a district zoned for residential development.The township planning commission is slated to consider the request at a meeting […]
An independent mental health therapist leased an office suite at 401 E. Louther St. in Carlisle. Amber Corbo of NAI CIR facilitated the transaction.Cedar Run Construction leased 11,600 square feet of industrial space at 120 N. 25th St. in Lebanon from Risser Properties LLC. Tom Troccoli and Josh Miller of Bennett Williams Commercial represented the […]
Robin Felty joined Barley Snyder as its COO effective Dec. 16. The former superintendent for Manheim Township School District, Felty succeeds Dorothy Rund, who retired after nearly three decades with the Lancaster-based law firm.Felty spent eight years as the district’s superintendent and is on the board of Leadership Lancaster and the Lancaster Sunrise Rotary Club. […]
RKL LLP, an accounting and professional services firm based in Lancaster, has added five people to its partnership group: Brandon Adams, Michael Andrews, Kirsten Deeds, Jason Gerber and David Morais. Adams is a partner and managing director of investment strategy for RKL Private Wealth, the firm’s wealth management division. He graduated from Penn State University.Andrews is a […]
Commonwealth Court has tossed out state rules requiring licensing of companies manufacturing e-cigarettes and the liquids used in them.The court found that the rules gave the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue too much discretion in deciding how they would be enforced.The decision came Friday in the context of a lawsuit filed by East Coast Vapor, a Harrisburg-based […]
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