Gina Suydam is joining the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry as member executive starting at the end of July. She will be responsible for managing and growing the chamber’s membership with a focus on northeast Pennsylvania. Suydam currently is resident of the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce and is the immediate past president of […]
Contract talks are underway between WellSpan Health and a union representing workers at WellSpan Chambersburg, one of the health system’s hospitals in Franklin County. The two sides have been negotiating a new labor contract to replace one set to expire at the end of this month. Wages are a major issue for the union, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, […]
A settlement has been reached in one of the myriad lawsuits involving former members of the rock band Live and their former business partner Bill Hynes. In this case, it’s a lawsuit in which Hynes sued band members Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey and Chad Taylor in late 2022 over their alleged failure to repay a […]
Time may be running out for Moon Dancer Vineyards & Winery, a York County venue wrangling with neighbors who want to shut it down, arguing that its operations violate local land-use restrictions. Superior Court of Pennsylvania, a state appeals court, sided with the neighbors — Matthew Balsavage and Amanda Perko — in a decision published last […]
Before Stephen Stoltzfus bought land in southern York County, he wanted to know whether he could operate a sawmill on the 12-acre plot where he also planned to move his family. The initial answers from Codorus Township seemed to be yes, so he settled on the property. But after several months, the township said no, forcing […]
Cargas added three new members to its board of directors. They are Dennis DiSabatino, Alex Mobarak and Randy Eckels. DiSabatino is senior vice president of sales and operations at Cargas, a Lancaster-based software company owned by employees. He joined the company in 2003 and helped it grow from 19 employees to nearly 200. Mobarak is […]
Investment Real Estate LLC opened an indoor self-storage facility in York Township, north of Red Lion. The York-base company is operating the recently constructed 701-unit facility at 905 Belle Road under the umbrella of the Moove In Self Storage brand. A Moove In affiliate paid $800,000 for the land, according to county deed records. It is near […]
State insurance regulators are joining other observers warning about higher costs next year for the tens of thousands of Pennsylvania residents who buy health insurance in the market created by the Affordable Care Act. Insurers have begun to propose premiums for ACA plans next year and the Pennsylvania Insurance Department said yesterday that insurers are […]
Michael A. Smith has been named president and CEO of the YMCA of the Roses effective Aug. 1. He is succeeding Larry Richardson, who is retiring after 31 years in office. Smith has worked for the York-based regional nonprofit for eight years, most recently as vice president of administration. He also has worked as operations director and […]
Just over a year ago, Drew Mousetis began pitching the idea of direct employee ownership to anyone willing to listen. Now, he and the Lancaster-based nonprofit he leads, the Tandem Center for Shared Business Success, are poised to land their first convert. “There’s a lot of buzz out there about Tandem, and people want to […]
Steve Knaub plans to retire effective Dec. 31 as president and CEO of Choices Healthcare, the Lancaster-based parent of Hospice & Community Care and Hospice of Central PA. The nonprofit’s board is conducting a national search for his successor. Knaub’s career in regional hospice began in 1998 when he was hired as CFO of Hospice & Community Care, based […]
York-based nonprofit Community Progress Council has added two members to its senior leadership team. Lindsay Veres has been promoted to assistant chief program officer, while Melissa Morgan has been hired as its first chief operating officer. Veres worked most recently as CPC’s director of intake and coaching, where she was instrumental in creating a self-sufficiency […]
Lisa Hawthorne has been named CEO of Willow Valley Communities, a senior living provider based in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. Formerly known professionally as Lisa Legeer, she succeeds John Swanson. Swanson now heads a related entity called Willow Valley Development Corp., which is focused on the organization’s active projects. Hawthorne worked most recently as chief strategy […]
Enhanced federal tax credits help Pennsylvanians afford private health insurance in the market established more than a decade ago by the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. But the enhanced credits are slated to expire at the end of this year if the U.S. Congress does not extend them. If the credits lapse, the average Pennsylvanian […]
The nonprofit parent of regional public media station WITF is divesting a subsidiary created in 2023 when the station was gifted a Lancaster newspaper. The board of WITF parent Pennon voted this week to transfer ownership of The Steinman Institute for Civic Engagement, which was founded to boost regional journalism resources and civic education. The institute’s new owners would be […]
Environmental groups are slamming a proposed rule designed to help companies in Pennsylvania figure out when they need to disclose accidental spills of hazardous chemicals. Drafted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the rule aims to clarify what kinds of spills should be reported to regulators. But environmentalists argue the rule gives businesses too […]
Spring Grove-based Pixelle Specialty Solutions has revised the timeline for closing its plant in Ohio. The papermaker said yesterday it plans to cease production at the plant in Chillicothe on Aug. 10. The plant employed more than 800 people earlier this year, but it is not clear how many work there now. The company initially […]
Paramount Management Group, the defunct Lancaster-based ATM network headed by Daryl Heller, sold and resold the same ATMs to the network’s investors, accounting for sales of nearly $22 million, according to a report filed yesterday by a court-appointed examiner in Heller’s bankruptcy case. The report appears to bolster investors’ allegations that they were defrauded by Heller […]