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Orla Allison has been named director of human resources for Investment Real Estate Group of Companies, the York-based operator of Moove In Self Storage facilities. Allison has more than a decade of experience in strategic leadership, talent acquisition and employee relations. She worked most recently as the director of HR Americas at OpSec Security LLC. […]

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Rettew

Andy Bennett has been named COO of Rettew. Bennett, who joined the Lancaster-based engineering firm in July as vice president of operations, succeeds Rob Lauriello as part of the company’s succession plan. As COO, Bennett will oversee day-to-day technical operations, as well as the development and implementation of annual business and quality management plans, working closely […]

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York, Lanco rehab projects land state grants 

The state is pouring more than $1.3 million into a pair of renovation projects in York and Lancaster counties as part of a program to fund downtown revitalization. Lancaster-based nonprofit Community Basics Inc. landed $823,917 to rehab a 23-unit affordable-housing complex in Maytown called Three Center Square. The York County Industrial Development Authority is getting $504,050 to advance […]

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Harrisburg planners OK first steps in hospital redevelopment

Harrisburg’s planning commission unanimously approved a plan last week to subdivide the former Polyclinic Hospital campus last week, clearing the way for a developer to begin the first phase of a $45 million mixed-use project in the city’s Uptown neighborhood. The commission also approved a change to the property’s zoning from institutional to commercial neighborhood.  […]

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Regional retail portfolio on the block

A portfolio of 16 shopping centers across Central and eastern Pennsylvania is hitting the market. The centers, including some in Cumberland, Lebanon and York counties, are managed by Vastgood Properties LLC, a Port Washington, New York-based firm that owns them alongside other investors, according to Vastgood CEO Leo Ullman.  Ullman referred questions about the sale listing to the […]

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‘We can’t stand still’: Growth-minded bank passing baton to new leader

During the 34 years he’s been a board member at F&M Trust, G. Warren Elliott has seen “too many” community banks disappear in mergers and acquisitions. Elliott, F&M Trust’s chairman since 2012, does not want the Chambersburg-based bank to join their ranks, but he knows the lender will have to work to preserve its independence. […]

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Authority tees up potential golf course sale amid data center demand

A suburban Harrisburg golf course is the latest plot of land in the region to draw attention from developers of data centers, power-hungry computing facilities that are vital to the growth of artificial intelligence. Would-be buyers with data centers in mind have shown an appetite for the Dauphin Highlands Golf Course, according to Jeanette Krebs, […]

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Utility cutting Pennsylvania staff

FirstEnergy is laying off about 350 people across its five-state territory, including 75 in Pennsylvania, where it does business as Met Ed, West Penn Power and other brands. The cuts represent less than 3% of the Ohio-based company’s workforce overall and are not expected to affect the company’s ability to maintain electric infrastructure, which is under growing pressure […]

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Saxton & Stump

Dominic Giovanniello has joined the commercial litigation group of Saxton & Stump, a Lancaster-based law firm. Giovanniello represents clients in civil litigation throughout Pennsylvania, handling complex disputes involving corporate law, real estate transactions, zoning regulations, and trusts and estates matters. He has a law degree from Widener Commonwealth Law School and a bachelor’s degree from […]

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York taproom changes hands

An investment group affiliated with York-based contractor Royal Square Development & Construction has acquired Holy Hound Taproom, a bar at 57 W. Market St. in downtown York. Terms of the transaction, which closed March 31, were not disclosed. But former owner Scott Eden listed the roughly 6,000 square-foot venue and its liquor license for sale at nearly […]

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Audit: Lapsed UPMC recordkeeping led to Medicaid overpayments

Due to recordkeeping lapses by UPMC Health Plan, a state agency reimbursed the health insurer for Medicaid recipients who were not eligible for the program, including some who had died, according to an audit released yesterday by the office of Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor.  The resulting overpayments to UPMC totaled $357,048 in 2022, according to the […]

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Lancaster hotelier inks deal to bring startup hotel brand to Central PA, Lehigh Valley

A local hotelier is planning to bring a startup hotel brand to Lancaster, York and other towns in Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley.  Shakher Patel, co-founder of Lancaster-based Destiny Partners LLC/Destiny Hospitality LLC has signed a franchise agreement with stayAPT Suites to open five of the brand’s extended-stay hotels. In an interview with biznewsPA, Patel said he hopes […]

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York County mulch business changes hands

A York County contractor has sold its mulch and soil division to a conglomerate that has been scooping up similar operations around the U.S. The deal includes mulch production facilities in West York Borough and Jackson Township, where the contractor, H&H General Excavating Co. is based. The buyer is Atlanta-based Oldcastle APG, a unit of Ireland-based building […]

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Capital-area manufacturer closing California plant

MITER Brands, a Harrisburg-based window and door manufacturer, plans to shutter a factory in Simi Valley, California, in early June and shift operations to plants in Arizona and California where the company has invested in expanding production, according to company spokesperson Nick Board.  The Simi Valley plant, which is about 225,000 square feet, employs 397 […]

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Leader of Penn State branches to depart

Margo DelliCarpini is leaving her post as executive chancellor and vice president of Penn State‘s 20 commonwealth campuses, a statewide network that includes branches in York and Franklin counties, effective June 30. DelliCarpini has taken a job as provost and vice president for academic affairs at The College of New Jersey, which is outside of Trenton.  DelliCarpini […]

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