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, […]
Insurers do not have to cover lost revenue for businesses that were forced to shut down during the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s according to a ruling handed down yesterday by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in a class-action lawsuit originally filed in Allegheny County court by a dental practice. The decision resolves conflicts between lower […]
A Massachusetts-based developer is acquiring the Colonial Park Mall, an aging retail complex that local officials hope to see rejuvenated. A partnership headed by the developer, Zi Qian “John” Zhang, paid nearly $8.8 million for the mall, which is at 4600 Jonestown Road in Lower Paxton Township, according to county deed records. Zhang is still […]
Tyler Matisse has been hired as an associate at Campbell Commercial Partners, a real estate firm in Lemoyne. Matisse is a graduate of Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School who went on to study business and hospitality management at Penn State Harrisburg. He has been licensed in real estate for over three and half years and […]
Dirk Hoke has been named president and CEO of Voith GmbH & Co. effective April 1. He will be succeeding Toraff Haag, who left the company in August. Andreas Enders, CEO of Voith Paper, is serving as interim CEO. Hoke has worked most recently as CEO of Volocopter, an aircraft manufacturer based in Bruchsal, Germany. […]
Mifflinburg Bancorp and Northumberland Bancorp, a pair of small community banks in northcentral Pennsylvania. said yesterday they are combining in a merger of equals valued at $34.2 million. The all-stock deal is expected to close in the first half of 2025. Mifflinburg Bancorp has assets of about $568.5 million and operates seven branches in Mifflinburg, Lewisburg, Millheim, Milton, […]