Camp Hill-based accounting and advisory firm Brown Plus promoted three staff members effective July 1. Amanda Moats was promoted to audit manager. She has more than six years of experience providing accounting and auditing services to auto dealerships, as well as other for-profit businesses. She has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Penn […]
Thomas Farmar has been named chief people officer at Herbert Rowland & Grubic. It is a new position for the engineering firm, based in Swatara Township, Dauphin County. Farmer worked most recently as HR director at Stratus, a Pittsburgh-based engineering firm. He has more than 25 years of experience in HR, including stints with retailer Advance Auto […]
A vice president overseeing supply chains for Mechanicsburg-based West Shore Home LLC allegedly tried to extort a severance payment from the company after he was fired, according to a federal criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney’s office and a civil lawsuit filed by the company. The home improvement company fired the VP, Bryan Chapman, in August […]
Lancaster-based flooring manufacturer Ecore International has acquired a firm based in New York state with operations in Franklin County. The company is HTI Recycling, a tire collection, recycling and crumb rubber manufacturing company based in Lockport. The deal also includes HTI subsidiaries D&G Heavy Equipment Leasing and Edge Rubber Recycling, which has a plant in Chambersburg. Terms of the deal were […]
Catherine Begley has joined Barley Snyder as a member of the Lancaster-based law firm’s business, litigation and food & agribusiness groups. She will be based out of the firm’s Malvern office. Begley joins Barley Snyder from a prominent insurance coverage law firm. She focuses her practice on helping clients navigate the complexities of crisis management, […]
Andrew J. Reilly has joined law firm Stevens & Lee as of counsel and will serve as senior adviser and assistant general counsel to GSL Public Strategies Group, a government consulting, government affairs and corporate and crisis communications firm. Both firms are part of The Stevens & Lee Companies, based in Reading. Reilly is currently […]
Automotive parts distributor Paul MacHenry & Co. is moving its Harrisburg location. The Moorestown, New Jersey-based company paid $3.85 million for a 65,345-square foot building at 7501 Derry St. in Swatara Township, Dauphin County. Paul MacHenry currently operates out of a roughly 21,000-square-foot building at 431 Amity Road in Swatara, according to Adam Boussatta, an […]
High Real Estate Group took a step forward this week in its ambitious plan to develop a 476-acre tract west of Lancaster where the company envisions a mix of homes, apartment buildings, shops and light industrial space. Supervisors in Manor Township voted 4-1 this week to change zoning on nearly 400 acres of the property from […]
The insurance division of Harrisburg-based Mid Penn Bancorp has acquired Charis Insurance Group, an insurance agency based in Lititz. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2017, Charis is led by president Matthew Snavely. He has been named a managing director of Mid Penn’s insurance unit, MPB Risk Services LLC. “Charis Insurance Group has built […]
Kirk Tanner has been named president and CEO of The Hershey Co. effective Aug. 18. He succeeds Michele Buck, who is retiring after eight years leading the company. Buck is staying on in a senior advisory role to aid in the company’s transition to new leadership. Tanner comes to Hershey from fast food purveyor The Wendy’s Co., […]
The developer that converted the former Memorial Hospital in suburban York into apartments is asking Spring Garden Township to allow a hotel/motel use in a portion of the building, according to a zoning application before the township. In a zoning request for a special exception, BHI Properties LLC said it wants to create a hotel […]
A northeastern Pennsylvania bank is swooping into Central Pennsylvania. Norwood Financial Corp., the Honesdale-based parent of Wayne Bank, has agreed to pay roughly $54.9 million for Coatesville-based PB Bankshares, the parent of Presence Bank, a lender active in this region. The cash-and-stock deal, which requires regulatory approval, is expected to close in late 2025 or early 2026. Wayne […]
Two executives have been promoted to new roles at Lancaster City Alliance, a nonprofit focused on economic and community development. Colleen Wagner has been named vice president of administration and relations. She was previously director of administration and relations, a role she has held since 2007. She will oversee and lead employee relations, communications, volunteer […]
A 20,000-square-foot industrial building in Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, is under new ownership. A Mechanicsburg-based real estate partnership called SLP1280 LLC paid $3.185 million in June for the property at 700 Independence Ave., according to county deed records. SLP1280 was represented in the deal by Garrett Rothman of Lemoyne-based RSR Realtors. Bill Rothman, also with RSR, represented […]
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Investors have spent nearly a year blaming Daryl Heller for the crackup of an ATM network that allegedly cost them hundreds of millions of dollars. In a court filing last month, Heller dished out some blame of his own. He alleged that people managing the ATM investments misappropriated funds that should have gone to investors, […]
A York-area candy company has more than doubled its factory footprint after taking over a peer based in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County. After six decades of family ownership, The Warrell Corp. and its 230,000-square-foot plant have been sold to Wolfgang Confectioners, which operates out of a150,000 square-foot facility in Loganville. Terms of the transaction, which closed […]
Flavor 76 Catering leased 2,100 square feet of retail space at 311 2nd St. in Highspire. The local, full-service catering and private chef company is making the strategic move into its first brick-and-mortar location, offering customers a new dine-in experience. Owner Stephen Colston plans to maintain the company’s strong catering focus while using the new […]