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 […]
Barley Snyder relocated its office in the capital region from downtown Harrisburg to East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County. The law firm’s new office is in a roughly 60,000-square-foot building at 275 Grandview Ave. The Lancaster-based firm employs 15 attorneys, four paralegals and seven staff members at its Harrisburg-area office, according to law firm spokesperson Elise […]
The data center boom made a big bang yesterday in Pennsylvania. Tech giant Amazon said it plans to invest at least $20 billion to build data centers in Pennsylvania, starting with a pair of locations in eastern Pennsylvania. The Shapiro administration described the company’s move as the largest private-sector investment in state history. “This is not just […]
Home Remodeling Pros of Central PA is leasing a building at 3805 Trindle Road in Camp Hill and relocating their showroom there. Jessica Gasper of Campbell Commercial Partners represented the tenant. Derr Flooring Co. leased 66,600 square feet of industrial space at 4180 Lincoln Hwy. E. in Hellam Township, York County from 4100 Lincoln Highway […]
Orrstown Bank has promoted two executives. Zachary Khuri has been named chief revenue officer, while Joshua Hocker has been named market president for Central Pennsylvania. Khuri, who joined the bank in 2019, was previously market president for Central Pennsylvania, where Orrstown boosted its market share after buying York-based PeoplesBank last year. He has a bachelor’s degree in finance […]
Weis Markets has won court approval to take over prescriptions for customers at 11 Rite Aid stores in Pennsylvania and New York, according to a spokesperson for the Sunbury-based grocery chain. The stores include Rite Aid locations in Dover and Hanover, as well as Altoona, Brodheadsville, Fogelsville, Honesdale, Montoursville, Mountain Top, Wellsboro and Williamsport, Weis spokesperson […]
Saxton & Stump has hired two attorneys for its newly opened office in Pittsburgh. Shareholder Phillip Earnest and senior counsel Rebecca Johnson Barksdale are joining the Lancaster-based law firm’s construction, commercial litigation and insurance groups. Earnest has nearly 30 years of experience representing clients in complex construction, commercial litigation and insurance matters. He has tried […]