August unemployment rates in all four Central Pennsylvania metropolitan areas declined compared to a year ago, according to the state Center for Workforce Information and Analysis.

A majority of business owners indicated the economic situation in their community had improved over the past 12 months and that they expected the economy to get better over the next year, according to a survey conducted by the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.

An accounting firm with an office in Lancaster has acquired an accounting practice in Haddonfield, N.J., for an undisclosed price.

The price of unleaded gasoline looks to be ramping up again.