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Legal woes mount for Lancaster-based ATM operator

Claims against a Lancaster-based ATM network took on new forms during a roughly one-hour hearing held Friday afternoon in a Lancaster County courtroom. An attorney representing disgruntled investors in the network raised concerns about money flows involving the network’s operator, Paramount Management Group, and questioned whether the operator had inflated the number of ATMs it owned. […]

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Jonestown land, York-area retail spaces sold

Shirley Ayr Real Estate LLC paid $1.027 million for an eight-acre parcel at 2648 State Route 72 in Jonestown, according to Lebanon County deed records. The site will become the new location for D&A Grove Construction LLC, which is relocating its interstate freight carrier operations to Jonestown to enhance logistical efficiency and support business growth, […]

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York officials seek reversal of hydro project permit

York County commissioners are asking a federal agency to reverse its decision granting a preliminary permit to a controversial hydroelectric project on the Susquehanna River. The commissioners’ letter is the latest salvo in an ongoing battle that began when York Energy Storage LLC first applied for a permit. Issued last month by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the permit […]

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Herbert Rowland & Grubic

Justin Mendinsky has been promoted to assistant vice president overseeing the water and wastewater group at Harrisburg-based engineering firm Herbert Rowland & Grubic. He was previously manager of the water and wastewater team in the firm’s Harrisburg office. In his new role, he will be responsible for driving quality and consistency in project delivery across […]

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Court puts business-reporting rule on hold

A federal court in Texas suspended enforcement of a controversial business-reporting regulation four weeks before it was slated to take effect. In a ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant said the rule is “likely unconstitutional” and issued an order blocking its implementation pending further court review. Adopted under a law known as the Corporate […]

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Pennsylvania College of Art & Design

Andrew Barnes has been named president of Pennsylvania College of Art & Design effective Jan. 13. Barnes is succeeding Audra Carter, who has been the Lancaster college’s interim president since April. A former trustee chair, she took over following the departure of Michael Molla. Barnes is currently dean of the arts, humanities, education and social […]

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Commonwealth Foundation

Megan Martin has been named COO and general counsel of the Commonwealth Foundation, a new role for the Harrisburg-based think tank. Martin worked most recently as general counsel for the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. Her career has spanned all three branches of state government, including serving as parliamentarian of the Pennsylvania Senate and […]

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Regional home services franchisee expands into NJ

Matt Buckwalter and Frank Horvath first met about a decade ago as fellow franchisees for One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing and Mister Sparky Electric. Now, they are co-workers. Buckwalter’s Lancaster County-based company, Punctual Pros, has acquired Horvath’s — Horvath Home Services, which does business in Ocean and Monmouth counties in central New Jersey. The acquisition is the […]

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Boyer & Ritter

MacKenna Leib has been named assistant controller at Boyer & Ritter, a new position for the Camp Hill-based accounting and advisory firm. Leib joined Boyer & Ritter in 2019 and has worked as a supervisor in the firm’s employee benefit plan and auto dealership groups. As assistant controller, she will help manage the firm’s finances […]

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Trout CPA

Partners Scott Christ, Brian Groff and Krista Showers retired effective Nov. 30 from Trout CPA, a Lancaster-based accounting and advisory firm. Groff joined Trout in 1993 after graduating from James Madison University in Virginia. He chaired the firm’s team development committee and its nonprofit practice group. Christ joined Trout in 2020 after the firm merged […]

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Case tests corporate liability for defunct subsidiary

Is a company still liable for a subsidiary’s legal problems even after the subsidiary is legally dissolved? That’s an issue being taken up by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the context of asbestos class-action lawsuits filed against Dravo, a former shipbuilder and manufacturer based in Pittsburgh. The question is whether Dravo’s asbestos liabilities should pass to Carmeuse Lime Inc. […]

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Mid Penn Bank

Robert Opferman has been named senior vice president and director of BSA/AML/OFAC for Mid Penn Bank, the chief operating subsidiary of Harrisburg-based Mid Penn Bancorp. Opferman worked most recently as director of risk for City of Boston Credit Union. Before that, he was director of fraud and BSA at Republic Bank for 14 years. He […]

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Deadline nears for business-reporting requirement

Do you know who your owners are? It’s a question millions of businesses will have to answer by the end of the year under a federal law known as the Corporate Transparency Act. Enacted in 2021, the law requires corporations, LLCs, LPs and other business entities to report information about their owners and managers to […]

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Harrisburg office property sold

Eschbach Real Estate Holdings 2 LLC paid $732,500 for a 4,968 square-foot office property at 840 Sir Thomas Court in Harrisburg, according to Dauphin County deed records. The seller was Dawn Marie Realty Inc. The office is slated to become a second location for BTI Group, a Wormleysburg-based company specializing in applied behavioral services for […]

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Kinsley Enterprises

Brandi Jacob Waechter has been named chief HR officer at York-based Kinsley Enterprises. She succeeds Bill Yanavitch, who became the company’s first chief HR officer in 2019. He is planning to retire at the end of this year. Before joining Kinsley, Yanavitch was an executive for about 17 years at Glatfelter, a paper maker formerly based […]

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York-area brewer taps into downtown Lancaster

York County-based South County Brewing is planning to take over the former Pressroom restaurant in downtown Lancaster. The spot at 26 W. King St. will be the third for South County. Founded in 2011, the brewery also has locations in Fawn Grove and York Township in York County. When is this happening: The roughly 22,000 square-foot venue […]

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KPMG LLP

Jen Esser has been named managing partner of KPMG LLP’s Harrisburg office effective Nov. 1. She succeeds Carol Gauker, who is transitioning to a new role within the firm’s tax function. Esser has worked for KPMG since 1998 and has been a partner since 2016. In her new role, she is expected to guide the […]

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York office sold

East York RE LLC, a local real estate investor, paid $265,000 for a 3,690 square-foot office at 1225 E. Market St. in York, according to York County deed records. The seller was UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals. Casey Khuri and Robin Zellers of Lemoyne-based NAI CIR represented the seller.

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Legal woes mount for Lancaster-based ATM operator

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