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State authority rolls $1M into new venture fund

A new venture fund in Central Pennsylvania is closer to its fundraising goal thanks to an investment this week from a state authority. The Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority has poured $1 million into the fund, Keystone Innovation Fund II, a joint venture between York-based White Rose Ventures and State College-based 1855 Capital.  The fund is on track to close by […]

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Brown Plus

Accounting and advisory firm Brown Plus has hired four new staff members for its Camp Hill office. Devin Brown is rejoining the firm as an audit senior manager. He specializes in providing audit and review services to nonprofits, local governments and school-related entities. Taylor Guarente was named an audit supervisor specializing in accounting and auditing […]

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Diakon

Shari VanderGast has been named CEO of Diakon, a regional nonprofit offering a range of senior and family-related services, effective Nov. 10. VanderGast, Diakon’s COO, is succeeding Scott Habecker, who led the nonprofit through a period of significant change over the last three years. VanderGast started at Diakon in 2015 and became COO in 2021. She […]

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Guv signs off on new tax-appeal option

Pennsylvania taxpayers are poised to get a new avenue for disputing tax bills they don’t like.  Under legislation signed into law yesterday by Gov. Josh Shapiro, state officials will be rolling out independent mediation as a way to settle tax disputes before they reach state courts. Under previous law, taxpayers interested in a settlement would negotiate […]

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What led a York bank to sell

Traditions Bank earned record profits in 2020 and 2021. But when interest rates shot up between March 2022 and July 2023, the York-based bank ran into financial headwinds that called into question its ability to remain independent without cutting staff and trimming plans for growth. The resulting discussions among bank executives and directors led to the deal […]

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Lanco firm partners on industrial deal

A joint venture between Lancaster-based Benchmark Real Estate LLC and New York-based real estate investor Regal Ventures paid $22 million for an industrial complex in Bristol Township, Bucks County, about 22 miles northeast of Philadelphia, according to county deed records. The deal was structured as a condominium transaction, meaning each of the complex’s four parcels was recorded as […]

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Former brewery sold

A partnership called 3 South Union Associates LLC paid $300,000 for the former home of Tattered Flag Brewery & Still Works in Middletown, according to county deed records. The roughly 13,000 square-foot property is at 1 S. Union St. in the Dauphin County borough. The new owners plan to lease the space, according to Nik Sgagias, president of Lemoyne-based real […]

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Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Kesha Morant Williams has been named vice president of academic affairs at Thaddeus Stevens College in Lancaster. She has more than 15 years of leadership experience in higher education. Morant Williams was most recently the senior adviser for diversity, equity and belonging as well as a professor of humanities and communication arts at Elizabethtown College. […]

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Londonderry Village

Alicia Titus has been named president and CEO of Londonderry Village, a senior-living community in Palmyra. She succeeds Jeffrey Shireman, who is retiring after more than 20 years with Londonderry.  Titus worked most recently as chief experience officer at Messiah Lifeways, a senior-living provider based in Mechanicsburg. Before that, Titus was an executive at LeadingAge PA, a trade […]

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F&M Trust

F&M Trust made several hires and promotions in October. Bret Guttshall joined the Chambersburg-based bank as a residential mortgage hnderwriter. The Carlisle resident was previously a mortgage and home equity underwriting specialist at PSECU and will be based at F&M Trust’s mortgage center in Camp Hill. Dominic Roma has been hired as assistant community office […]

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Deadline looms for insurer, regional health system

With less than a week before their contract expires, WellSpan Health and UnitedHealthcare remain at odds. If they are unable to reach an agreement by Thursday, WellSpan would become out-of-network for people covered by UnitedHealthcare’s Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and employer-sponsored plans. In a statement, the York-based health system blamed the impasse on UnitedHealthcare’s “unwillingness to find a middle ground […]

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Pharma giant plowing millions into Lancaster County campus

Life sciences heavyweight GSK is investing up to $800 million into its Marietta-area campus with plans to boost capacity and produce cutting-edge vaccines targeting illnesses like pneumonia and meningitis. The project, described as the British company’s largest-ever investment in U.S. manufacturing, entails construction of a new 300,000 square-foot facility and refurbishment of an existing building, along with […]

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McNees Wallace & Nurick

William McLaughlin has been hired as director of marketing for Harrisburg-based law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick. McLaughlin will work closely with firm leadership to establish and execute data-driven marketing and communications plans for the firm and its practices. A Central Pennsylvania native, McLaughlin spent the last 15 years working in various marketing and business […]

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State testing $10M program to boost housing supply

State officials yesterday unveiled a pilot grant program designed to fund mixed-use projects with a residential component. State officials see the $10 million program as a first step in addressing the shortage of affordable housing in Pennsylvania, a shortage that is drawing attention at every level of government. Funding is available for preparing sites for […]

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House OKs tax credits for new power generation

Companies that build or expand power plants in Pennsylvania stand to benefit from millions of dollars in tax credits under legislation approved in the state House. However, the companies would have to navigate complicated criteria to claim the credits, including requirements capping carbon emissions and setting minimum thresholds for capital spending. The legislation updates a […]

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Pavone Group

Jeremy Freeman has been named media director at Harrisburg-based marketing agency Pavone Group. Freeman will oversee expansion of the company’s media department and oversee media strategy and buying across Pavone Group and its agencies. Freeman was most recently senior director of media and strategy at Atlanta-based Empower Media. Prior to that, he first spent 14 […]

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Former West Shore law office sold

The former Camp Hill office of Reager and Adler law firm was sold for $1.7 million to Community Options, a Princeton, New Jersey-based nonprofit that provides housing and job opportunities to people with disabilities, according to Bill Rothman, founder of Lemoyne-based RSR Realtors. Rothman represented the seller, the estate of the late attorney David Reager.  Community Options has an existing […]

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Regional insurance agency joins growing brokerage platform

Leaders at regional insurance brokerage Enders Insurance couldn’t ignore the broader consolidation trends sweeping through their industry.  Still, they felt they could control the strategic partner they would eventually align with, said Andrew Enders, president of the brokerage, which is based in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County. So, earlier this year, firm leaders interviewed several partners and […]

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