Data centers need a lot of electricity. But they also need electricians — and pipefitters and steelworkers and HVAC specialists and general laborers, among others — to get them up and humming. Thus, the boom in data center construction is likely to squeeze the supply of labor in areas like Lancaster, where data center projects […]
Column by Martin Fedorko Central Pennsylvania has shown what happens when capital, talent and support move in sync. The region
Harrisburg-based property and casualty insurer Penn National Insurance is setting in motion a succession plan for president and CEO Robert Brandon, who has worked at Penn National for more than three decades, including five years in his current role. Brandon plans to relinquish his title as president on Jan. 5 and then retire on July 1. […]
A data breach struck a Lancaster law firm this fall, exposing personal information on about 2,200 people, according to a notice filed with the Maine Attorney General’s office. Law firm BCGL LLC discovered the breach in October after identifying suspicious activity in its network, according to the notice, which the firm filed this month. The firm said it […]
Inch & Co., a York-based developer has begun construction on a townhome community in State College. The work is expected to wrap up in late 2027. Known as University Park Townes, the development includes 146 three-bedroom townhomes for rent and 40 flexible-stay units for short-term visitors, business travelers and others spending time near Penn State. […]
Christine Pavlakovich has been named COO of Members 1st Federal Credit Union, one of the state’s largest credit unions. It is a new position for Members 1st, according to a credit union spokesperson. Pavlakovich joined Members 1st in 2023 as chief people officer and was named chief administrative officer in 2024. Her new role includes oversight […]
State lawmakers from both parties are backing legislation that would make it easier for victims of domestic violence to qualify for unemployment benefits and delay benefit cuts that were scheduled to take effect next year. The measure, which passed in the Senate this week, was designed initially to help people who might be forced by a […]
717 Community Outreach Services Inc. leased 4,000 square feet of office space at 102 W. Franklin St. in Steelton. The organization will use the space to host a variety of community events, including outreach efforts, cultural gatherings and other initiatives that benefit the Steelton area and surrounding communities. Campbell Commercial Partners facilitated the lease. The […]
Wyatt Behringer has been named communications and development manager for the High Foundation effective Dec. 1. He will lead the Foundation’s communications and marketing strategy and support the growth of its high impact areas, including affordable housing and the environment. Behringer will also contribute to the marketing and development work of the Partners for Environmental […]
WITF parent organization Pennon will spend $2.3 million during its current fiscal year to unwind its ownership of a Lancaster newspaper company. The money is coming out of an endowment fund established with the proceeds WITF received in 2017 from a federal auction of broadcast spectrum, according to documents presented to Pennon’s board at a meeting yesterday. The […]
The Hanover Co., a Houston-based developer, is planting a pair of warehouses on a tract in Conewago Township, York County. The company, which is partnering with a real estate fund advised by Dallas-based Crow Holdings Capital and lender J.P. Morgan, broke ground on the project Friday and expects to wrap up construction by early 2027. The project includes […]
Orie Chambers has been named president of WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital in Lancaster County effective Nov. 30. Chambers has been interim leader of the 141-bed facility since former president Tina Citro was named president of WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon County. Chambers has worked at WellSpan Ephrata since 2011, when he started as clinical director […]
Tom Baldrige, the former head of the Lancaster Chamber, has been named interim president and CEO of Pennon, the Swatara Township, Dauphin County-based parent of public broadcaster WITF and news publisher LNP Media Group. Pennon board chair Leigh Horner had been leading the nonprofit since the resignation in October of former president and CEO Ron Hetrick. Baldrige, who led the Lancaster […]
A specialty clothing distributor is shuttering a warehouse and laying off 128 workers in northern York County just over a year after taking over the building from its former owner. In a notice to state and local officials, Illinois-based S&S Activewear said it plans to close its distribution center at 600 Industrial Drive in Fairview Township by […]
Kathryn Silcox has been named a senior counsel for Lancaster-based law firm Saxton & Stump. She will work out of the firm’s Harrisburg and York offices in the municipal law and real estate groups. Silcox has served as a magisterial district judge for Hampden and Silver Spring townships in Cumberland County since 2013. At Saxton […]
Wilsbach Distributors Inc., a beverage distributor based in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, has acquired Brewery Products Co. a distributor based in Springettsbury Township, York County, according to Wilsbach president Frank Sourbeer Jr. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal does not expand Wilsbach’s territory, which covers 11 counties in southcentral Pennsylvania, Sourbeer said. But […]
A state appeals court has barred a Philadelphia-area community college from putting a project out to bid after a regional contractor group raised legal questions about union-friendly requirements attached to the process. The $1 million project — for construction of an advanced HVAC training lab at Bucks County Community College — was put out to […]
Entrepreneur Abby Shank began developing a tiny home community near Elizabethtown in 2017 at the dawn of what became one of the hottest trends in residential real estate. Nearly a decade later, the 73-home Tiny Estates LLC community in Mount Joy Township has a new owner. A New Jersey-based partnership called Tiny Estates Lancaster LLC paid $6.1 million last […]