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Deal for Lanco tiny-homes startup changes shape

The potential buyers of a Lancaster County-based tiny-homes company are taking a new tack.Chase Packaging Corp., a New Jersey-based shell company, had been planning to take Tiny Estates LLC and two related entities public through a merger.The companies are led by CEO Abby Shank, a former KPMG auditor who started a tiny-home community outside Elizabethtown in 2018.But the two sides […]

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RKL LLP

Michael C. Buhrman has been named managing partner for the Chambersburg office of accounting and professional services firm RKL LLP. Buhrman is a partner in the firm’s small business services group.The CPA and Chambersburg resident earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Siena College.

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McNees

Amy Capobianco Marsar has been tapped to lead McNees‘s automotive dealership law group, a team of 21 attorneys. As a member of the firm, Marsar has extensive experience in manufacturer-dealer relations and dealership M&A.Marsar earned a bachelor’s degree from Kutztown University and a law degree from Dickinson School of Law.

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Harrisburg law firms merge: ‘No other opportunities like this’

Ben Ried and John B. Zonarich entertained merger proposals from other law firms. But none seemed as right as the union they unveiled yesterday between their respective Harrisburg firms, Mette Evans & Woodside and SkarlatosZonarich LLC.“There were other opportunities,” Zonarich said in an interview with biznewsPA. “But there were no other opportunities like this.”Zonarich and […]

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C&N

Michael “Mike” Kilgour has been named senior vice president – senior commercial lending relationship manager for the Lancaster and York areas of C&N, the banking subsidiary of Wellsboro-based Citizens & Northern Corp.Kilgour joined C&N in 2019 as vice president of commercial lending relationship management. The York-area resident earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Drake University.

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Court backs heftier fines for defrauding consumers

In a case that drew national attention, Pennsylvania’s highest court backed a married couple seeking a bigger award after winning a lawsuit against an insurer they accused of engaging in fraud and negligence when it sold them a life insurance policy.In 2020, an Allegheny County jury found the insurer, Ameriprise Financial, liable for $120,570 in […]

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Fulton buys failed Philly bank

Fulton Bank was on the receiving end on the afternoon of April 26 when state regulators shut down and brokered a sale of Republic First Bank, a troubled Philadelphia-based lender that does business as Republic Bank. As a result, Fulton has acquired most of the assets and branches of Republic First, expanding the Lancaster bank’s footprint in the competitive […]

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Regulators tweak penalties over PPL billing issues

Following a flurry of comments from customers and consumer advocates, state utility regulators altered the penalties imposed on electric utility PPL Electric Utilities over billing issues that led to overcharges for some customers, among other problems.In a 3-2 vote on April 25, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved a settlement agreement requiring PPL to provide more reporting […]

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Superior Walls of America

Keith Weller has been named executive vice president of Superior Walls of America, a New Holland-based manufacturer of custom precast concrete foundations. He has been the company’s vice president and CFO and will retain the latter role.Weller, who has worked at Superior Walls since 2005, earned a bachelor’s degree in business and accounting from Millersville University.

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Changing Spaces 04.25.24

Pennmark Harrisburg Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Pennmark Management, has purchased Penn Center, a 271,043 square-foot office campus at 2601 N. 3rd St. in Harrisburg. The seller was Penn Center Harrisburg LP. Robin Zellers and Nik Sgagias of NAI CIR represented the seller in the transaction. Organic grocer Y&F Supermarket LLC has leased a suite at Edmont Plaza at 2000 N. 6th […]

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New funds aim to chip away at childcare shortage

Framing the challenge of finding childcare as a critical issue for employers, York-area business and nonprofit leaders yesterday unveiled a new program designed to encourage fresh thinking on the years-old problem.The program, called Every Child Has Opportunities, or ECHO, plans to dole out $700,000 in grants this spring to expand the number of home-based childcare providers […]

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WellSpan breaks ground on first of three ‘mini hospitals’

As they broke ground yesterday on a new “mini hospital” in southern York County, WellSpan Health officials identified the next two locations for the small-format medical centers: the Carlisle area and northern York County.The regional health system is opening the three mini hospitals — in partnership with Texas-based specialty operator Emerus — to bring inpatient […]

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Penn State Harrisburg

David Callejo Pérez has been named chancellor and dean of Penn State Harrisburg. He had been the school’s interim chancellor and dean.Callejo Pérez joined Penn State in 2019 as associate president and senior associate dean for academic programs for the university’s Commonwealth Campuses. He was interim vice president of Commonwealth Campuses before being named interim chanceller […]

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York adopts new financing tool for green projects

York County commissioners last week approved the county’s participation in a program that offers specialized financing tools for clean-energy and energy-efficiency projects. The program, offered in partnership with Schnecksville-based Sustainable Energy Fund, is called the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy program, or C-PACE.How does it work: Commercial and nonprofit property owners tap the program to secure private-sector […]

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National Sexual Violence Resource Center

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center, a division of Harrisburg-based nonprofit Respect Together, has named Jennifer Grove COO. She had een the center’s prevention director. As COO, Grove will manage the operations of the national center, which provides research and tools to advocates working to end sexual abuse, assault and harassment.Grove has served as a […]

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Everence

Everence, a Lancaster-based financial services company, has hired Kyle Keen as director of organizational services for its offices in Lancaster, Mount Joy, Mechanicsburg, Chambersburg and Belleville. In this new role, Keen will help grow relationships with organizational clients.Keen worked previously for ConnectCare3, a provider of health and wellness programs to employes. He earned a bachelor’s […]

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Licensing rules for ex-convicts hit snag

State officials may be taking another swing at drafting rules designed to make it easier for people with criminal records to earn professional licenses in Pennsylvania.That’s because a regulatory review panel gave the latest version a thumbs down at a meeting last week.Members of the Independent Regulatory Review Commission were concerned about some of the […]

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Feds target hiring practices at Sheetz

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Sheetz, arguing that the company’s use of criminal background checks in hiring is discriminatory.The agency noted that Sheetz was not motivated by race in making hiring decisions. However, the agency claims that the convenience-store chain’s hiring practices disproportionately screened out job applicants who are Black, Native American, Alaska […]

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