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Authority asks court to order state pay stormwater fees

Capital Region Water wants state courts to revisit a legal question with profound implications for the authority’s finances as it works to modernize a sprawling system for collecting and treating stormwater and sewage in and around the capital city. In a legal filing this week, Capital Region Water is asking Commonwealth Court to clarify whether […]

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Rutter’s appeals borough decision on liquor license

Convenience-store chain Rutter’s is seeking to reverse a vote by Shrewsbury council members denying the company’s request to transfer a liquor license to its store in the southern York County municipality. At a meeting on Aug. 19, borough council voted 3-2 to reject the transfer after residents complained that alcohol sales could attract trash, criminal […]

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Construction

Court to hear 2nd request for hold on Carlisle-area data centers

A Cumberland County judge has turned down an effort to immediately halt work on a data center campus near Carlisle, but the legal fight over a stay is not done. In an order Monday, Judge Matthew Smith denied a request to enforce what opponents of the campus argued should be an automatic stay on the […]

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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Hershey spa business

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming Hershey Entertainment & Resorts failed to accommodate the religious beliefs of a part-time worker at one of its businesses, MeltSpa by Hershey in downtown Hershey. The lawsuit arose after the employee, Jeriah Sellers, told a manager she was uncomfortable escorting a transgender customer to the women’s locker […]

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Judge declines to halt work on Carlisle-area data centers

A Cumberland County judge ruled yesterday against efforts to halt construction on the first phase of a $15 billion data center campus in Middlesex Township. Judge Matthew Smith also trimmed the underlying land-use appeal brought by the project’s opponents while voicing doubt as to its odds of success. “It does not appear from the record […]

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Shuttered winery files bankruptcy while continuing fight to reopen

After a years-long fight to stay open, Moon Dancer Vineyards & Winery has filed for bankruptcy protection. The business, based in Lower Windsor Township, York County, filed for Chapter 11, which gives it a chance to shed debt and reemerge as a going concern. Moon Dancer is pinning its hopes, in part, on overturning a […]

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Energy

Pennsylvania sued over energy-credit restrictions

In a federal lawsuit filed this month, West Virginia is accusing Pennsylvania of illegally closing its borders to protect in-state energy generation. At issue are credits generated by solar farms and certain other renewable energy projects and sold to electric utilities on a multimillion-dollar market. Utilities buy the credits so they can comply with state […]

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York law firm expands in Adams County

CGA Law Firm has absorbed a small legal practice in Gettysburg, the second acquisition this year by the growth-minded law firm. Based in York, CGA also purchased the Gettysburg office of the practice, Hartman & Yannetti, as its first foothold in the Adams County borough. A CGA affiliate paid $500,000 for the office, which is at 126 […]

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Shuttered York County winery renews new legal bid to reopen

The legal battle over a shuttered York County winery still has some juice. In late August, Moon Dancer Vineyards & Winery launched another legal effort to reopen, arguing that a majority of its neighbors are now on board with its operations. A York County judge rejected a similar claim earlier this year after two conflicting votes by […]

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