Alison Smith has joined the Pittsburgh office of the Harrisburg-based law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick as an of counsel attorney. Smith worked most recently as chief counsel for PNC Bank and brings 28 years of experience in fiduciary, nonprofit and estate planning law. She will practice in McNees’s orphans’ court litigation, estate planning and […]
Carol Steinour Young has been named president of the board of directors of the Dauphin County Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, a nonprofit that arranges legal representation for children with interests before the court. Steinour Young, who had served as the board’s president-elect for the past eight months, joined the board in June 2022 and […]
A Pennsylvania state senator is escalating his dispute with the state revenue department over tax records related to an economic development zone in the Lehigh Valley. For the last few months, Sen. Jarrett Coleman has been seeking tax records related to a state-sanctioned improvement zone in downtown Allentown and questioning whether taxpayers are getting their […]
Restaurateur Victor Claffey is gearing up to open a restaurant called Bloom in the former Left Bank Restaurant and Bar in downtown York. Claffey, an Irish native with two decades of restaurant experience in Ireland and the U.S., hopes to infuse new life into the space, which is one of the oldest fine-dining establishments in York. “I think there […]
After her older brother died by suicide nearly 20 years ago, Kara McCaffrey felt drawn toward efforts to prevent others from following. “It’s just something that I’ve always cared about,” said McCaffrey, whose family owns Houck Group, a regional construction contractor based in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County. The personal became professional when she started […]
Stephen Loiseau has been named vice president of corporate development for PennSpring Capital. It is a new role for the Lancaster-based private equity firm and involves overseeing growth for companies in PennSpring’s investment portfolio. Loiseau worked most recently as a sales rep for tech startup Motive. He also has experience as a principal in a real […]
Yesterday’s half-point cut to interest rates will make businesses more comfortable with borrowing, particularly if they have an immediate need to spend. However, others may continue to hold off, anticipating further rate cuts and awaiting the outcome of the presidential election in November. That’s the view of local financial executives who spoke yesterday with biznewsPA […]
Pennsylvania residents using medical cannabis to treat anxiety, chronic pain and other conditions saw improvements in their general health, emotional well-being, physical functioning and other quality-of-life measures over a three-month period, according to a study undertaken by researchers from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and funded by Organic Remedies, a Cumberland County medical-cannabis provider. Researchers recruited nearly […]
Seth Allen has been named vice president of enrollment management and dean of admissions at Dickinson College. He succeeds Cathy McDonald Davenport, who retired in 2023 after more than three decades with the Carlisle college. Allen worked most recently as vice president for strategy and dean of admissions and financial aid at Pomona College in Claremont, California, where he […]
The adoption of driverless vehicles in Pennsylvania depends on resolving a host of legal, regulatory and technical challenges. But it also may rest on cultivating a more positive public perception, judging by the reaction to draft guidelines for highly autonomous vehicles, or HAVs, published last month by PennDOT. HAVs include vehicles monitored and operated from a […]
Pennsylvania’s attorney general has set up an online portal where companies in Pennsylvania will be required to report data breaches under amendments enacted this year to the state’s breach notification laws. Signed into law in June, the amendments require companies to report breaches that affect at least 500 Pennsylvanians starting Sept. 26. In preparation for […]
A tentative deal unveiled yesterday would slash the rate increases that were floated earlier this year for customers of Met Ed in Central Pennsylvania. In April, Met Ed parent FirstEnergy sought permission for a 9.2% rate hike for residential customers of Met Ed in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon and York counties. But after facing pushback during the regulatory process, […]
Maple Insurance Group. a Harrisburg-based agency has been acquired by Union Bay Acquisition LLC, a Lansdale-based insurance-agency aggregator. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Following the acquisition, Maple is expected to continue doing business under its own name, said Gultaiz Sultan, Maple’s founder and president. While other buyers have made offers for the agency, Sultan […]
An equity-backed management company and one of its affiliated medical practices have acquired Keystone Urology Specialists, a medical practice with offices in Lancaster, Lebanon and Ephrata. The buyers are Solaris Health Holdings and The Centers for Advanced Urology, which does business as MidLantic Urology. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Following a short transition period, physicians […]
After about two years of planning, Inch & Co. held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a $35 million sports complex in North York, a facility expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to the county each year and spark millions of dollars in economic impact. The event yesterday drew more than 150 guests, including leaders from […]
Sterling Investors LLC purchased a 1,960 square-foot property at 700 S. 26th St. in Penbrook. The office is slated to open Oct. 1 as The Positiff LLC Counseling Office. Ryan Murray and Joe Bedard of NAI CIR represented the seller, Doug Charney. Units 3 and 4 of the Northwood Office Condominium Center at 2213 Forest […]
Kristen Hartman and Gloria Shatto have joined the Lancaster office of Barley Snyder as members of the law firm’s trust and estates practice group. Hartman worked most recently as chief fiduciary officer for Lancaster-based Fulton Private Bank. Before that, she worked for a regional law firm in estate planning, estate administration, and charitable and elder […]
Shilvosky Buffaloe has been named director of strategic development and finance for the York County Economic Alliance, a new role for the nonprofit. Buffaloe worked most recently as a development officer for the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency but has extensive experience in York. He was head of the city’s economic development department from 2013 to 2019, […]