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EV chargers completed amid funding uncertainty

State officials yesterday celebrated the opening of three new stations for charging electric vehicles amid uncertainty over the federal funding that helped pay for them.The new stations — in Cumberland, Franklin and Susquehanna counties — are funded by a $7.5 billion program designed to make it easier for drivers nationwide to find EV chargers.So far, […]

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Penn State mulling branch campus closures

Penn State is planning to cut some of its 19 branches around the state, known as Commonwealth Campuses. Citing declining enrollment and funding challenges, Penn State president Neeli Bandapudi said yesterday that university leaders are drawing up plans to close a still-to-be-determined number of campuses.Not in any danger are the seven largest Commonwealth Campuses: Abington, Altoona, […]

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Gannett Fleming to relocate to smaller HQ

One of the region’s largest engineering firms is on the move. Gannett Fleming TranSystems is planning to relocate from its longtime offices in East Pennsboro Township to new space in Silver Spring Township, according to real estate firm CBRE. Gannett Fleming will be leasing 100,000 square feet at 100 and 300 Sterling Parkway, part of an office complex developed […]

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Heller-linked IT firm sells unit to California company

A California tech firm has acquired portions of a Lancaster-based IT company co-founded by Daryl Heller, the business owner at the center of a legal vortex.The Lancaster company is AVAIL Technology Solutions, which traces its roots to a venture called Premier Management Group. Premier was founded in 1990 by Heller and entrepreneur Bob Horst. But the company, like […]

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Retail, office leases around the region

All in Mart LLC leased a 3,600 square foot retail suite at 3914 Jonestown Road in Harrisburg. The new tenant plans to undertake minor renovations and will transform the space into a convenience store and smoke shop. Chris Wilsbach of NAI CIR represented the landlord.Artisan Mill Co. leased 15,143 square feet of retail space at […]

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Brown Plus

Seth Nolt has joined Brown Plus as its the first-ever information technology director for the Camp Hill-based accounting and advisory firm.Nolt has more than 27 years of experience in the technology field and worked most recently the IT director for a private Bible college, seminary and graduate school. He has an associate degree in computer […]

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Stoner Bunting Advertising

Cheryl Shinton has been named president of Stoner Bunting Advertising in Lancaster. Shinton had been COO of the agency, which was founded in 1984 and serves many companies in the building products industry.Shinton joined Stoner Bunting in 2008, left in 2011 to work at other companies and returned in 2018.As COO, she is credited with helping the […]

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Spring Grove firm tees up software for national sales

After nearly a decade of fine tuning, a Spring Grove software company believes its main product is ready for prime time. CFA Solutions debuted an early version of the software — designed to root out errors in the manufacturing process — in 2017.The company spent the last few years testing it with local manufacturers. But this year, […]

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Owner plans farmers’ market at former Harrisburg school

Jeremy Hunter, owner of the former Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, is pivoting. Hunter had been trying to sell the building in order to satisfy an agreement with creditors, who moved to foreclose on the property. Under the agreement, he must pay off about $2 million in debt attached to the building or face […]

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Board rejects tax abatement for North York sports complex

Local school officials declined to award a tax abatement for a recreational sports center slated for construction in North York. York-area developer Inch & Co. has been asking the Central York school board for local tax relief for the $34.5 million project, which is backed by WellSpan Health. But at a meeting Wednesday evening, the board’s three-member business […]

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Auditor general urges cyber school funding reform

Revenue spiked nearly 90% for five statewide cyber charter schools as they attracted students during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.While the schools spent some of the money on gift cards, employee bonuses, lobbying and real estate, they were operating within the bounds of the law, according to an audit of the schools unveiled yesterday by Pennsylvania […]

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Bank closing Red Lion office

Wells Fargo is closing its branch in the heart of Red Lion. The San Francisco-based bank plans to close the branch at 1 N. Main St. at 11 a.m. on May 7, according to a bank spokesperson. Once it closes, customers can use a Wells Fargo branch at 2099 S. Queen St. in York Township.Like other […]

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Screen manufacturer buys Pittsburgh-area firm

The RiteScreen Co., an Elizabethville-based manufacturer of window and patio door screens, has acquired FlexScreen, a western Pennsylvania company that developed a flexible window screen. A RiteScreen spokesperson declined to disclose the terms of the transaction.FlexScreen’s flexible screens are designed to simplify installation and removal. But it is a relatively small player in the building products market: […]

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ATM investors seek access to company office

Investors in Paramount Management Group, the financially insolvent ATM network operator, are seeking access to the company’s former Lancaster city offices in order to inspect paper and computer files on the premises, according to a legal filing last week in Lancaster County Court.The filing follows a story in LNP describing the condition of the abandoned office at 415 N. […]

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Beverage distributor pouring millions into new center

A regional beverage distributor is planning a $100 million-plus sales and distribution center in Lebanon County that will replace a smaller facility on the West Shore.ACCB Harrisburg RE LLC, a local subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages, is building the 240,000 square-foot center on a roughly 52-acre lot in South Lebanon Township.It would be the largest in […]

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Lancaster food biz forges leaseback deal

The home of Dutch Gold Honey, a food manufacturer in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, has changed hands in a sale-leaseback deal. A partnership linked to the family that owns the business sold its roughly 22-acre property off Rohrerstown Road for $31 million, according to county deed records. The buyer was FIP Pennsylvania II LLC, a subsidiary […]

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HDC MidAtlantic

Sam Jordan has been named CFO of HDC MidAtlantic, a Lancaster-based nonprofit engaged in developing and operating affordable housing. He succeeds Sharlene Woodruff, who is transitioning to property controller, a new role at HDC, according to a spokesperson for the nonprofit.Jordan worked most recently as finance director for Wyomissing-based Solve IT Solutions. The Lancaster resident also has […]

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Utility execs float tweaks to rules on power plant ownership

Nearly three decades ago, Pennsylvania leaders disconnected the generation of electricity from its distribution.Now, with demand for power on the rise, some utility executives are hoping to put them back together.The executives have been floating the idea of allowing regulated utilities that distribute power to own and operate power plants, functions that were split apart […]

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Spring Grove firm tees up software for national sales

Owner plans farmers’ market at former Harrisburg school

Board rejects tax abatement for North York sports complex

Auditor general urges cyber school funding reform

Bank closing Red Lion office

Screen manufacturer buys Pittsburgh-area firm

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