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Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Laura Dimino has been named interim executive director of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, a state agency under the purview of the Pennsylvania legislature. Dimino succeeds Kyle Kopko, who left to become executive director of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania.  Dimino has been the center’s assistant director since 2022. Before that, she worked in academic roles, […]

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The Benecon Group

Michael Sullivan has been named chief commercial officer of The Benecon Group. It is a new role for the Lancaster-based employee benefits company.  Sullivan worked most recently as an executive with Philadelphia-based insurer Independence Health Group, the parent of Independence Blue Cross.  He also has held leadership positions at Independence subsidiary AmeriHealth Administrators and Pittsburgh-based insurer Highmark.  At Benecon, Sullivan […]

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Stevens & Lee

Stevens & Lee has added a third office in New Jersey via the acquisition of Brown Moskowitz & Kallen PC, a Chatham-based firm with eight attorneys. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  Brown Moskowitz serves privately held businesses on a range of legal matters. Its partners include Stuart Brown, Norman KKenneth Moskowitz, Norman Kallen and […]

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York-area plaza fetches $16.4M

A Singapore-based real estate investor has scooped up a shopping center in Dover Township, York County. United Hampshire US REIT said it paid about $16.4 million for the roughly 61,000-square-foot Dover Marketplace, which is anchored by a GIANT grocery store. It’s at the corner of Carlisle and Palomino roads, south of Dover Borough. The plaza is the investor’s […]

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Fulton Financial Corp.

Angela Snyder plans to retire at the end of this year from her role as president of Lancaster-based Fulton Financial Corp. Snyder has been the bank’s president since 2024 after serving a two-year stint as chief banking officer. Snyder, who has more than 30 years of banking experience, joined Fulton in 2002 when the bank acquired Woodstown […]

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Double-digit premium hikes sought for ACA plans

Health insurers are asking for double-digit rate hikes for plans sold in Pennsylvania on the market created by the Affordable Care Act. State insurance regulators said Friday that insurers are proposing average premium increases of 19% for individual plans and 13% for small-business plans in 2026. Officials warned in June that hikes were coming as part […]

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Mid Penn Bank

Rochelle Grey has joined Mid Penn Bank as vice president and trust relationship manager within its trust and wealth management division. She will be based in the bank’s Wyomissing office and will serve clients throughout the Berks, Lehigh and Philadelphia areas, as well as New Jersey. Grey worked most recently as regional trust advisor at […]

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Former exec pleading not guilty to extortion charge

Bryan Chapman, a former supply chain executive for West Shore Home, is pleading not guilty to federal charges that he tried to extort a severance payment from the Mechanicsburg-based home improvement company after he was fired in 2023, according to Chapman and his attorney.  The attorney, Thomas Thornton of the federal public defender’s office, declined to […]

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Utz closing plant amid efficiency drive

Hanover-based snack food company Utz Brands Inc. plans to wind down operations at a plant and warehouse in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as part of an ongoing effort to concentrate production at its larger, more efficient factories.  Manufacturing at the Grand Rapids plant is slated to end by Jan. 30, followed by the end of warehouse operations on […]

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McNees Wallace & Nurick

Ian Brinkman has joined the Lancaster office of McNees Wallace & Nurick as part of the law firm’s corporate and tax Group. He advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, general corporate matters, and nonprofit transactions. Before joining McNees, Brinkman practiced at Lancaster-based Gibbel Kraybill & Hess, advising clients on a broad range of corporate and […]

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Retail, office and mixed-use properties change hands

Crocker Run LLC purchased a mixed-use property at 267–269 E. Market St. in York for $1.005 million from Heit Holdings LLC, according to county deed records. The fully leased, five-unit investment property features one commercial suite and four two-bedroom apartments. The first floor is occupied by Justice Works Family of Services, a social services organization […]

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Costs seen mounting for data center tax exemption

In 2022, Pennsylvania waived sales taxes for computer equipment purchased for use in data centers, provided the centers met certain requirements. Following a slew of announcements about new data center projects around the state, the price tag for that exemption may be going up. The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue is revisiting its forecasts on the […]

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Saxton & Stump

Tamara Fox Rose has joined law firm Saxton & Stump as senior counsel to its regulatory and government affairs, commercial litigation, and tax and tax controversy groups in the firm’s suburban and downtown Harrisburg offices. Ms. Rose worked most recently at law firm Stevens & Lee and its government affairs affiliate, GSL Public Strategies Group, […]

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Phoenix Contact

Davis Mathews has been named CEO of U.S. operations for Phoenix Contact, a manufacturer of electrical and industrial components. Mathews had been an executive board member at the company and worked previously as president of industry management and automation and as a senior vice president of development.  CEO is a new role for the U.S. branch […]

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Lanco contractor taps new prez amid family ownership transition

A Lancaster County contractor is under new leadership as it transitions to the next generation of family owners. Speedwell Construction Inc., based in Penn Township, Lancaster County, has promoted Jon Sensenig to president. Sensenig, who joined Speedwell 10 years ago, worked most recently as vice president of design/build. He succeeds company owners Keith Ebersole, and […]

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Health Care

State ends appeal in medical cannabis recall

State health officials have dropped a legal action seeking to reinstate their controversial recall of medical marijuana vapes. The move before the state Supreme Court doesn’t end the legal fight. It simply means the Department of Health is no longer appealing a lower-court ruling that put the recall on holdNonetheless, it was welcomed by the medical […]

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Banks seek more time, info on Welkowitz deal

Local banks are telling a Lancaster County court that they need more time and information to assess a deal that would settle debts from the estate of the late developer Richard Welkowitz. The estate has proposed selling off its stake in ventures that own more than 5,000 ATMs for $13.8 million to a Lancaster-based private equity firm, Heller […]

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Ollie’s hit with overtime lawsuits

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet has joined a string of retailers accused of improperly denying overtime pay to people who hold management jobs in their stores. Two salaried employees in New York have filed lawsuits claiming Ollie’s should have paid them overtime since their duties were “virtually indistinguishable” from those of hourly workers.The suits, filed in a federal […]

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Court rejects expanded view of prevailing-wage law

A state court has reversed a decision that could have added millions of dollars in costs to construction projects financed with bonds issued by municipal authorities. The ruling last week by Commonwealth Court revolved around interpretations of the state’s prevailing-wage law, which sets a minimum wage for workers on projects funded by public money.The case arose […]

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Facing insolvency, Welkowitz estate floats deal to settle debts

The estate of late Lancaster County developer Richard Welkowitz is hoping to make a deal to settle its debts, according to a filing in Lancaster County court. The proposed deal would funnel money to the estate’s secured and unsecured creditors and it would allow the estate to avoid a potential tax hit, according to the […]

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Harrisburg law firm opens HR consulting firm

McNees Wallace & Nurick has launched HR Influenced, a subsidiary that will offer HR consulting services under the umbrella of the Harrisburg-based law firm, which also houses a labor and employment legal practice. The new venture is headed by Kristen Evans, an experienced HR executive.Her career includes stints at York-based PACE Resources, Cintas, Harrisburg-based developer […]

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Armstrong Flooring in $107M deal that preserves local operations

After two months in bankruptcy, Armstrong Flooring is on the verge of dealing its way out. The Lancaster-based manufacturer said yesterday it has agreed to sell its North American assets to a consortium that includes AHF Products, a former division of Armstrong Flooring. Mountville-based AHF and Boston-based Gordon Brothers have agreed to pay $107 million in cash and assume unspecified liabilities […]

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State lawsuit over PCBs advances

A state court has delivered a partial win for Pennsylvania in a year-old lawsuit seeking damages from ag giant Monsanto and related enitities over PCBs. An 84-page Commonwealth Court ruling on Dec. 30 swept aside six of Monsanto’s nine objections to the state lawsuit, paving the way for the next phase of litigation. Judges, however, did uphold two […]

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Law firm program gives Black entrepreneurs a legal leg up

Jabron Taylor wanted to tempt local taste buds with something new. Inspired by the 2019 chicken war between Popeyes and Chick-fil-A, Taylor settled on a recipe based on the Nashville hot chicken sandwich, the signature dish of America’s country music capital but a rarity in Central Pennsylvania. Since November 2019, he and several partners have […]

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York taps new developer for vacant industrial tract

A new developer is getting a crack at bringing life to a former industrial tract in York. At a meeting last week, the Redevelopment Authority of the City of York awarded a six-month option on a 4.4-acre site in the Northwest Triangle to Statewide Partners, a regional firm with offices in Harrisburg and York. Preliminary sketches from Statewide show […]

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Deal closes on Reagan building

A buyer has finalized the $10.01 million purchase of the Ronald Reagan Federal Building in downtown Harrisburg. However, the buyer’s identity remains a mystery.A deed filed with Dauphin County lists the buyer as R.R.F. Building LLC,which has a tax billing address at a law firm in South Carolina. Efforts to reach the law firm, De Bruin Law, were not […]

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Firm snaps up West Shore warehouse

A New York investment firm paid $24.4 million for a roughly 255,000 square-foot warehouse in Hampden Township, Cumberland County, continuing a string of multimillion-dollar deals for area warehouses. The property, acquired by Brickman, is fully leased, according to real estate firm JLL Capital Markets, which marketed the building at 301 Railroad Ave.The seller was a subsidiary of a […]

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