Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. will begin a layoff of 57 employees in its decommissioned East Lampeter Township facility in Greenfield on April 28 as part of a preannounced closure.

Rhoads Hallmark & Gift Shop in Hummelstown, owned by Dave and Jeanne Lutz for 49 years, has closed.

Bowhead Logistics Management LLC will lay off 60 employees next month at its Letterkenny Army Depot facility in Chambersburg, the company informed the state Department of Labor & Industry.

Two midstate restaurants recently announced that they’re closing, although one plans to reopen under new ownership.

The pandemic had a long tail for Pennsylvania’s music and sports venues, many of which found themselves closed into the latter half of 2021 before they could begin hosting events once again. 

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. 

FLSmidth, a Denmark-based engineering, equipment and service solutions company, plans to close its Manheim-based machining parts manufacturing plant, said to be the company’s last unionized plant in the country. 

Professional services firm Williams Sale Partnership Limited (WSP) plans to permanently lay off 66 employees at its Ephrata office.

Pennsylvania State Police Liquor Control Enforcement Officers visited 589 businesses with liquor licenses last weekend and issued 11 notices of violation and 27 warnings for failing to follow COVID-19 requirements.

Inspectors issued closure orders for 11 midstate restaurants last week for refusing to follow the state’s COVID-19 mitigation requirements.

Since Dec. 21, 33 restaurants across the state have been closed by inspector order after refusing to comply with Gov. Wolf’s temporary order prohibiting dine-in services.

Sonic Drive-In locations in Lancaster and Berks counties have closed after they were unable to secure buyers to continue operations.

Restaurants that refused to comply with Gov. Tom Wolf’s three-week mitigation plan to limit the spread of COVID-19 received warning letters from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services this week.

Transportation and contract logistics company XPO Logistics Supply Chain, Inc. announced it will be closing its Cumberland County distribution center at 40 Logistics Drive, Carlisle early next year.

Geisinger will temporarily restrict in-person visits to all of its hospitals, including Geisinger Holy Spirit, following spikes of positive COVID-19 cases across the state.