Coming up with a new brand name is always tough, even when there’s no question that a new name is needed. Often every suggestion sounds foreign or off-center. It’s akin to re-naming one of your children—nothing has the comfort of the name you have come to know and love. 

Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill Tuesday approving the creation of a state authority tasked with investing federal dollars in programs to expand broadband internet access across the state. 

While home sales in the Harrisburg region plateaued in November, the properties that were on the market sold fast. And prices continue to rise at a rapid rate. 

Merrill Lynch recently announced the appointment of a new resident director who will assume responsibilities at the Camp Hill office following Frederick DePalma’s retirement from the position, which will take place at the end of the year.  

Lancaster-based financial holding company, Fulton Financial Corp., declared a quarterly cash dividend of 14 cents per share on its common stock, payable to shareholders on Jan. 14, 2022. 

Thousands of toys are headed to homes across the country thanks to donations to the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program from midstate businesses. 

Rite Aid plans to shutter 63 of its stores as part of the first phase of a new store closure program, the Camp Hill-based pharmacy chain announced in its third quarter results for 2021. 

Chambersburg-based independent community bank F&M Trust plans to open its first office in Maryland early next year. 

Three midstate projects have been approved for over $672,000 in grant funding through the Keystone Communities Program. 

During the second year of the pandemic, area businesses continued to steer away from making large changes to their health plans while trying to minimize increasing benefit costs for employees. 

The Wolf administration announced on Friday that the state has awarded $4.8 million in grant funding to 26 recipients across the state, including four in the midstate, through its PAsmart initiative. 

Farms in the Lehigh Valley and the Central Pa. region are among those in 18 counties preserved by the state from future development today, investing more than $7.2 million in state, county and township dollars. 

Housing inventory continued to trend down in November according to the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors. 

Central Penn College will be using newly awarded grant money to help build an operating room lab for its new surgical technician diploma and degree programs. 

The creation of a new state authority tasked with rolling out broadband internet access across the state was approved with the passage of a bill in both the House and Senate this week.