Erin Threet has been promoted to vice president of services at Herbert Rowland & Grubic, a Harrisburg-based engineering firm. It is a new role for the firm and is designed to maintain the firm’s commitment to quality as it pursues its growth plans. Threet, who had 18 years of experience overall, was previously an assistant […]
Earthcare Solutions in Mechanicsburg has made two new hires. The firm named Christopher Roelke as director of operations and product development, and it named Daniel Kusky as director of construction services. Earthcare provides sustainable waste management solutions specializing in biosolids, residual wastes and organics management through carbonization and biochar production. Roelke will consult with the […]
York County Judge Steven Stambaugh has been suspended without pay in the wake of federal allegations that he orchestrated an unemployment fraud scheme at his York-based personal-injury law firm, Stambaugh Law PC. The suspension was handed down yesterday by the state’s court of judicial discipline following a motion from the state judicial conduct board, th “The […]
There are plenty of steps before the finish line, but a Canadian company is hoping to erect a solar project in Lancaster County. Toronto-based SolarBank Corp. is eyeing a 13.8-megawatt array that would take advantage of pending state legislation for so-called community solar programs. The Lancaster project would be SolarBank’s first in Pennsylvania, according to Matt […]
Matt Crowner began putting out feelers a year ago in search of potential partners for his firm, Gettysburg Benefits Administrators. He found a fit with Maryland-based Kelly Benefits, which announced yesterday it has acquired the Adams County firm. Terms of the deal, which closed Oct. 1, were not disclosed. “When I first met with the senior management […]
Diana Martin has been named director of the high impact portfolio of the High Foundation, effective Nov. 4. It is a new role for theLancaster-based foundation and focuses on environmental and affordable-housing initiatives. Martin is currently executive director of Hourglass, a nonprofit focused on quality-of-life issues in Lancaster County. “It has been an honor to lead […]
Clemens Food Group announced Friday that it plans to close its recently acquired pork plant in Lancaster and lay off 193 workers while it continues to look for a buyer that will keep the factory going. However, the reassurances, are not swaying the union representing production workers at the plant, the former Kunzler & Company factory acquired by […]
Pennian Bank opened a branch this month at 34 S. Market St. in Elizabethville. It is the first Dauphin County branch for the Mifflintown-based bank, which has 11 branches overall. The Elizabethville office is a former Mid Penn Bank branch. T.L.M. Dubensky Trust purchased 5,482 square feet of retail space at 136-140 E. King St, in Lancaster from R. Going […]
Joe Rilatt has been named Central Pennsylvania market president for Fulton Bank. It is a new position for the Lancaster-based bank, which is a subsidiary of Fulton Financial. Rilatt, who joined Fulton as a management trainee in 1991, worked most recently as director of commercial product sales. In his new role, he will provide regional leadership and […]
High Associates is starting to sketch in its plans for a 476-acre tract bordering the headquarters of Armstrong World Industries in Manor Township, Lancaster County. The plans, which could change with market conditions, call for a flexible mix of single-family homes, apartment buildings, retail space, industrial space and green space, according to Ken Hornbeck, senior vice president of […]
A potential deal is on the table for Spring Gate Winery in suburban Harrisburg. A buyer named Nitin Patel has offered $2.8 million for the winery, whose parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May, according to court records. The offer sets a floor for other potential bidders in a bankruptcy auction slated to unfold this […]
Brian Tevlin has been named director of investment services at C&N Wealth Management, a subsidiary of Wellsboro-based bank C&N. Tevlin was previously regional manager of financial services for the bank and has helped its investment brokerage services transition to the LPL Financial platform. In his new role, Tevlin will lead and expand the C&N Wealth […]
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings is scooping up leases for seven former locations of its bankrupt rival, Big Lots. The stores include one each in Georgia, Illinois and Louisiana and four in Wisconsin, according to court documents. The price is about $620,000, subject to potential adjustments by the landlords. “These stores are the right size, located in […]
An early retirement is throwing off leadership succession plans for one of the region’s largest banks. Craig Kauffman, who was in line to take the top job at Orrstown Financial Services next year, retired as of Sept. 30, according to a Sept. 25 securities filing from the bank. Kauffman, Orrstown’s COO, decided to retire due to personal reasons […]
PSECU is seeking permission to relocate its branch in Strawberry Square in downtown Harrisburg to a former FNB branch at 1249 Market St. in Lemoyne, according to a filing by the Department of Banking and Securities. The Harrisburg-based credit union picked the West Shore location, in part, because it is more accessible and convenient, said Adam Stewart, the credit […]
Inch & Co. is appealing a York County court ruling that blocks the company from building a warehouse on land south of Route 30 in Manchester Township. The move continues a nearly two-year-old battle over the 52.7-acre site, which borders the Prospect Hill Cemetery. Some neighbors have opposed the warehouse plans since they became public, […]
Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning, a subsidiary of Milton Hershey School, officially opened an early childhood education center in Harrisburg, the second of six planned facilities. The 46,963 square-foot CHS Harrisburg at 1901 N. Sixth St. serves 140 children from six weeks to age 5 at no cost. Globix Holdings LLC has purchased 8001 […]
Companies in Central Pennsylvania and beyond are bracing for a strike that could upend supply chains across the U.S. Workers who load and unload cargo at ports on the East and Gulf Coasts are poised to go on strike at midnight tonight, an outcome that looks increasingly likely to Peggy Stewart, international operations officer for Nexterus, […]