F&M Trust has made a number of hires and promotions. Greg Carter has been hired as community office manager for the bank’s Linglestown office. The Harrisburg resident previously was vice president and financial solutions manager for First Commonwealth Bank. Heather Gormont has been hired as consumer lending manager, based at the bank’s Chambersburg office. The […]
Tony Wright has been named managing director of sales for Pennsylvania Chamber Insurance, a for-profit subsidiary of the Harrisburg-based Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. The Harrisburg native has nearly three decades of sales and leadership experience. “I’m thrilled to bring my energy and talents to PCI and work with this customer-focused and knowledgeable team,” Wright said in […]
Harrisburg officials are allegedly hindering the sale of a beleaguered apartment complex in the city’s uptown neighborhood, according to claims raised in federal bankruptcy court by the complex’s owner, Uptown Partners LP. At issue is a list of roughly 600 crucial code violations at the affordable-housing complex, known as Governor’s Square City officials have not shared […]
Mary Yanocha has joined Lancaster-based law firm Saxton & Stump as senior director of marketing and business development. Based in the firm’s Malvern offie, she will work with senior leaders to cultivate growth and integration, with the goal of expanding the firm’s presence in Pennsylvania, South Carolina and other states.Yanocha joins Saxton & Stump after […]
Stuart Haniff has been named executive director of Hunger-Fee Pennsylvania following the retirement last month of its long-time leader, Sheila Christopher. Christopher has led the Harrisburg-based nonprofit since she helped launch it 40 years ago at the peak of a sharp national recession. It oversees a statewide network of food banks that serve people at […]
Developer Ben Sutton has been working for more than a year to bake new life into a former bakery plant in West York. This week, he secured a key ingredient: a low-interest state loan and accompanying grant totaling nearly $2.5 million in all. “It was the missing part,” Sutton said in an interview with biznewsPA. […]
Fulton Financial is closing 19 branches in southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey and New York City three months after the bank’s emergency acquisition of failed Philadelphia lender Republic First Bank, a deal that deepened Fulton’s reach in the state’s largest market. Lancaster-based Fulton is closing 13 of its own branches and six former Republic branches, according to Fulton spokesperson […]
Heidi Freese has been named a shareholder in Tucker Arensberg, a Pittsburgh-based law firm with offices in Harrisburg, Beaver, Cleveland, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area. Freese is working out of the firm’s Harrisburg office. Freese was most recently the federal public defender for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Before that, she worked […]
Roger Haddon and Timm Moyer joined the WellSpan Health board of directors effective July 3, following the health system’s recent affiliation with Evangelical Community Hospital. Haddon is president, CEO and owner of Sunbury Broadcasting Corp., a digital media/digital marketing company that includes four radio stations and corresponding local news and entertainment platforms. Prior to that, […]
The light bulb came on both literally and figuratively during a Harrisburg-area pilot program teaching young people the basics of carpentry, plumbing and electrical work in the summer of 2019. The program’s 10 students built a lamp that worked, while the program’s organizer, Patricia Robinson, realized she had crafted an effective way to reach them. […]
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc. is launching a co-branded Visa credit card in partnership with Los Angeles-based fintech Sunbit. The card is designed to build on Ollie’s loyalty program, Ollie’s Army, which has about 14 million members. The card’s features include a $10 statement credit for signing up and extra Ollie’s Army points on purchases at Ollie’s and […]
Inch & Co. Holdings, a York County construction and real estate development firm, has hired Mike Benshoof as its first-ever chief operations and financial officer. Benshoof, a construction industry veteran, was most recently president of Berks Homes, a regional home builder with offices in Mohnton, New Cumberland and State College. “We’re very, very happy to have […]
After a run of more than 20 years, Traditions Bank in York County has agreed to be acquired by ACNB Corp., a Gettysburg-based institution aiming to push eastward into York and Lancaster counties. The all-stock deal, expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, is valued at $73.5 million. The combined bank would have assets of $3.3 […]
David Campbell of David R. Campbell & Associates has wound down his Lancaster-based solo legal practice and joined Saxton & Stump as a senior counsel attorney. He also is bringing a paralegal, Bernadette Sheckart, who has worked nearly two decades for Campbell’s firm. Campbell works primarily with healthcare clients on business, corporate and regulatory matters. “He’s an excellent […]
Alyson Fieldman has been named chief growth officer at Stambaugh Ness, an accounting and professional services firm based in York Township, York County. It is a new role designed to guide the firm’s strategic direction and growth. Fieldman, who has more than 20 years of experience in marketing, was previously chief marketing officer at New […]
After six years on the job, the head of Pennsylvania’s state university system is stepping down. In an open letter July 23, Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education chancellor Dan Greenstein said he planned to resign as of Oct. 11 in what he described as “one of the most challenging decisions” of his career. Greenstein, who oversaw an […]
Debbie Loucks, Debra Livingston and Dr. Steven Krieger have joined the board of Pappus House, a nonprofit hospice provider in Thomasville. Loucks is retired after spending 39 years in the field of affordable housing. She was the executive director of the York Housing Authority and York Area Housing Group. She also served as interim director […]
Central Penn College is looking to unload surplus land, townhomes and office space in and around its 58-acre campus in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, through an RFP process overseen by Lemoyne-based RSR Realtors. College officials hope the properties attract developers with proposals that enhance the campus and benefit students. Potential partners could include medical providers […]