Ronald Ladyka has been named COO of Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers Inc. He succeeds John O’Connell, who died unexpectedly in early May. O’Connell, who was 64, worked at the New Cumberland-based for 15 years. In a statement, the firm described O’Connell as an “impeccably loyal colleague and mentor who always strived for the betterment of […]
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is winding down its undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Philadelphia after deciding they were no longer sustainable. The programs are slated to close Aug. 31, though the university will maintain programs offering college-level classes to high school students in the city. “These efforts allow us to remain deeply connected to […]
Developer Jordan Ilyes has acquired properties at 200 Main St., 144 Main St., 140 Main St, and South Second Street in McSherrystown. He plans to transform the sites into a mixed-use development with multifamily residential units and a retail center. Tony Plakas of NAI CIR represented the transaction. Get Smart Discount Grocer LLC paid $720,000 […]
Lisa Kelly has joined Camp Hill-based Boyer & Ritter LLC as a paraprofessional supporting the firm’s accounting services team. Kelly worked for several organizations as an office manager and bookkeeper. In addition to financial management skills, she has experience in recruiting, onboarding, training and other human resources functions. She has a bachelor’s degree in professional […]
After listening to both sides of a loan dispute yesterday morning, a Dauphin County judge outlined a potential truce and asked attorneys to put it in writing. Harrisburg-area flooring supplier Frontier Surfaces claims it is on the brink of financial collapse following efforts by regional lender Mid Penn Bancorp to collect on a $4 million loan to the company. […]
A state appeals court last week upheld a decision by local officials to deny a mixed-use development that included a proposed Sheetz store in Derry Township, Dauphin County. Dubbed Governor’s Crossing, the project was proposed for the southwest corner of West Governor and Fishburn roads south of downtown Hershey. But in November 2023, supervisors in Derry Township […]
Private equity is bingeing one of York County’s most iconic retail brands. A consortium of three firms, led by Swander Pace Capital, has acquired Maple Donuts Inc., a family-owned donut and pastry maker based in Springettsbury Township, York County. The deal comes just over a year after the death of the company’s longtime leader, Charlie Burnside. Terms […]
The York Water Co., which serves more than 212,000 people in Adams, Franklin, Lancaster and York counties, is asking state regulators for permission to raise rates for water and sewer service. Under the proposal, residential water customers would pay an additional $14.16 per month, while sewer service would go up by an average of $35.85 […]
After a period as interim CEO, Brent Emore has been named CEO of AHF Products, a flooring manufacturer based in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. He succeeds Brian Carson, who left the company in February to become CEO of Pittsburgh-based The Pittsburgh Paints Co. Emore joined AHF in 2024 as CFO. He worked previously at flooring giant Mohawk […]
A $15 billion data center project proposed for rural Cumberland County cleared a crucial hurdle. At a meeting Friday morning, supervisors in Middlesex Township approved an ordinance creating a special zone where data centers are allowed — an agricultural tract of roughly 700 acres along Country Club Road and the Conodoguinet Creek. The ordinance incorporates […]
The former Frog, Switch & Manufacturing plant in Carlisle has officially changed hands. The Real Estate Collaborative, an arm of the Cumberland Area Economic Development Corp., closed May 29 on its acquisition of the roughly 26.7-acre site at 600 E. High St. The sale price has not yet been recorded in county deed records, and Real Estate Collaborative chair […]
A York contractor claims it has not been paid in full for work it performed earlier this year on a multimillion-dollar project to expand a local hospital. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in York County court, Kinsley Construction LLC says it was hired by other contractors in 2024 to provide concrete for the foundation of a new […]
Dr. Michael Kupferman has been named CEO of Penn State Health effective June 23. He succeeds Steve Massini, who retired last fall after five years in the top post at the regional health system. Deborah Addo, Penn State Health’s president and COO, has been serving as interim CEO. Kupferman has worked most recently as president of […]
It wasn’t long after he joined the board of Carlisle Country Club in late 2023 that business owner Mark Toigo grasped the venue’s financial challenges. “It was just burning cash,” Toigo said in an interview with biznewsPA. Rather than see the club and its golf course close, Toigo assembled a group of investors who bought the club […]
Joseph “Joe” Flanagan has been hired as vice president, commercial loan officer and agricultural lender in the Greater Harrisburg area market for Mid Penn Bank. He will support both commercial and agricultural customers and report to regional president Justin Manning. Flanagan worked most recently as a vice president and commercial loan officer for Gettysburg-based ACNB […]
Consumer advocates in Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey are asking federal regulators to rerun an auction that is sparking a hike in electricity prices set to take effect in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest — including Pennsylvania — starting June 1. At issue is the auction process used by regional power grid operator PJM to set the price of electricity […]
Home365, a property management company with offices in Lancaster and Las Vegas, has agreed to pay $45,000 to settle allegations by Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday that it was slow to make repairs in response to tenant requests and, in other cases, did not return tenants’ security deposits. Both are violations of state law. Two-thirds […]
A regional bank allegedly relied on false premises to seize $1.6 million in inventory from a Harrisburg-area flooring company, according to a legal complaint filed by the company against the bank. The complaint, filed last week in Dauphin County court against Mid Penn Bank, is the latest salvo in a dispute over an alleged loan default by […]