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Effort underway to boost downtown Harrisburg

State lawmakers, city officials and the Capital Region Economic Development Corp. are launching a joint effort to revive downtown Harrisburg, which has yet to recover fully from the Covid-19 pandemic. The partners plan to assemble a steering committee that will begin work “immediately” on a downtown revitalization plan. “Everyone agrees that we need to provide some […]

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What’s next for Penn State York?

Leaders in York County are focused on helping students, faculty and staff bracing for the closure of Penn State York. But they also have their eyes on what might come next for the 51-acre campus straddling York city and Spring Garden Township. “We obviously hope that it would continue to be of service to the […]

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Campbell Commercial Partners

Mandi Mladenoff has joined real estate firm Campbell Commercial Partners LLC as director of business and marketing. Before joining the Lemoyne-based firm, she developed expertise in internet marketing across a range of industries, including construction and heavy machinery, residential real estate, B2C sales and consulting. She studied communications and public relations at Susquehanna University.

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McNees Wallace & Nurick

Victoria Geddis has joined the Radnor office of law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick. Geddis advises clients on energy and water rates and procurement issues, regulatory and litigation matters, and environmental issues across all industrial and commercial sectors. Before joining Harrisburg-based McNees, Geddis held regulatory roles in the energy industry where she supported counsel on […]

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Authority mulls offers for Harrisburg-area golf course

A Dauphin County authority is reviewing six proposals to buy the Dauphin Highlands Golf Course in suburban Harrisburg but is declining to share any additional details. The Dauphin County General Authority requested the proposals after receiving unsolicited bids from entities interested in putting data centers on the 228-acre course in Swatara Township. Authority board chair Barbara Zemlock refrained from […]

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Lancaster City Alliance

Elspeth Moffatt has joined the Lancaster City Alliance as its communications director. She worked previously as communications director for Community Services Group, a Lancaster County-based healthcare provider specializing in mental health and intellectual and developmental disability services. In her new role, Moffatt will lead a team managing communications, marketing and press relations for the alliance, […]

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Harrisburg-area carpet biz sells retail building

M & Z Carpets and Flooring sold a 15,000 square-foot retail property at 4747 Jonestown Road in Lower Paxton Township for $1.935 million to Jonestown Realty Partners LLC, according to county deed records. Daniel J. Alderman and David Alderman of Lemoyne-based real estate firm NAI CIR represented the seller. M & Z plans to relocate to a smaller […]

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Deal bolsters arm of Harrisburg engineering firm

Seeing a need among its clients, engineering services firm The Lexis Group LLC launched a construction inspection division in February 2024. But it has been challenging to find qualified inspectors, according to Lexis principal and chief marketing officer Ann Leiner. So, leaders of the Harrisburg-based firm embraced the opportunity this spring to add nearly 50 inspectors through […]

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Barley Snyder

Nikolajs Gaikis has joined the Lancaster office of Barley Snyder as a member of the law firm’s employee benefits practice. Gaikis concentrates his practice on all aspects of employee benefits, executive compensation, and employment and payroll taxes. His work includes advising clients on 401(k) and profit-sharing plans, welfare benefit plans, pension plans and other fringe benefits. […]

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Lanco contractor acquiring neighboring firms

Brubacher, a specialty construction contractor based in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, is acquiring Abel Construction and Abel Recon, sister companies based in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. Terms of the transaction, slated to close at the end of this month, were not disclosed. Founded in 1971, Brubacher is a family-owned earthwork, underground utility and paving contractor with about […]

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Weis wants part of Rite Aid pharmacy biz

Weis Markets, whose pharmacy business has been growing by double digits, is making a play for pieces of Rite Aid. Legal filings in the Rite Aid bankruptcy case reveal that Sunbury-based Weis is among those bidding for the pharmacy chain’s assets. A Weis spokesperson declined to comment, and legal filings offer no details. But Weis joins […]

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House OKs bill stiffening penalties for misclassifying workers

The Pennsylvania House last week approved legislation to beef up penalties for companies that misclassify employees as independent contractors. The vote in the Democratic-led state House was 113 to 90, with a handful of Republicans backing the measure. However, the margin of victory was narrower than in a 2023 vote on a similar bill, which […]

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McNees Wallace & Nurick

Thomas Davies has joined the Lancaster office of law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick. Davies, who brings nearly 40 years of experience in construction and employment law, previously worked for Lancaster-based Harmon & Davies PC., which recently disbanded. He counsels clients on project delivery, contract negotiation, workforce compliance and labor relations. His work spans both […]

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YWCA Hanover

Vanessa Berger has been named CEO of YWCA Hanover effective at the end of June. She succeeds Jody Shaffer, who is retiring after leading the York County nonprofit for the last 12 years. Berger has worked for the last 18 years as vice president of advancement at Cross Keys Village – The Brethren Home Community, a senior […]

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Elizabethtown beverage brand, distributor sold

T.J. Foltz founded Humankind Beverage in 2011 with a goal of funneling profits from sales of bottled water into a charity bringing clean water to poverty-stricken areas of the world. He’s hoping to make a lot more sales now that the Elizabethtown-based brand — and its regional distribution arm — have been acquired. The buyer is Odeko, a […]

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Credit union opens Lemoyne branch

Harrisburg-based PSECU officially opened a new West Shore branch, replacing the credit union’s downtown Harrisburg branch in Strawberry Square, which saw a decline in traffic as state workers spent less time in the office. Many of PSECU’s nearly 600,000 members are state employees. The office is at 1249 Market St. in Lemoyne. It was originally opened […]

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Penn State

Renata Engel has been named executive chancellor and interim vice president for the college’s network of campuses around the state effective May 19. Engel is succeeding Margo DelliCarpini, who is leaving at the end of June for a job at The College of New Jersey. Engel has worked at Penn State since 1990, most recently as […]

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For-profit healthcare deals under fire

Gov. Josh Shapiro and allied lawmakers are taking aim at the role of private equity in healthcare, arguing there is a need for action after the fallout from hospital closures in suburban Philadelphia. They are pushing legislation that would give state officials greater say over deals between nonprofit healthcare providers and all for-profit buyers, not […]

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