Robert B. Weidler Jr. was named chief financial officer for Jonestown Bank & Trust Co. (JBT).

HDC MidAtlantic, local partners, and residents celebrated the grand opening of their newest affordable housing community, Beach Run Apartments, in Fredericksburg on Oct.7.

The Small Business Resource Association (SBRA) is expanding into South Central Pennsylvania.

THE CENTER for Entrepreneurial Excellence, a free business resource for Lebanon County, is hosting the first-ever Entrepreneurial PITCH competition, titled “The Great Lebanon County PITCH”. Entrepreneurs will have the chance to win seed money to start their dream business. The CENTER will award $8,000 in prize money to be divided by the winners to help ...

Jonestown-based JBT Bancorp Inc. reported that its second-quarter earnings jumped 128%, from $1.388 million to $3.158 million. That comes to $1.30 per share, up from $0.57 per share last year. Earnings were boosted by increases in loan interest income, mortgage profits and fees earned from loans issued as part of the Paycheck Protection Program, President ...

Target will open its first store in Lebanon County, a company spokesperson confirmed today.

Bonduelle US Holding Inc., which is involved in the processing and commercialization of canned and frozen vegetables, plans to invest more than $5 million and create 35 new, full-time jobs with the plan.

Two Lebanon County business leaders have agreed to co-chair a fundraising project for the Canal Street Affordable Housing Project initiated by Community Homes of Lebanon County.

Lebanon County has a history of electing women to high-profile positions, including the state House (Rose Marie Swanger and Mauree Gingrich), District Attorney (Deidre Eshelman and current DA Pier Hess Graf), and several times as mayor.

HDC MidAtlantic, a Lancaster-based nonprofit developer of affordable housing, announced that it received $250,000 through a state program to help pay for its 51-unit Beach Run Apartments, under construction in Bethel Township, Lebanon County.

The county filed suit Wednesday morning over the matter, just days after Wolf's decision to not release the funding through the County Relief Block Grant program became public. 

“It was a team effort that included Woodland Contractors, Steckbeck Engineering, Stony Bridge Landscaping, Fulton Bank and the support of our board of directors, led by our chair, Glenn Wenger.” said Community Homes CEO Charlie Rush.

Lebanon City Mayor Sherry Capello said it plans to partner with the Community First Fund of Lancaster, a non-profit corporation, in making loans available to the small businesses in the city. 

Price Rite Marketplace, based in Keasbey, New Jersey, will debut its updated store at 2299 Cumberland St. in North Lebanon Township on March 13, along with four locations in Rochester, N.Y.

More than $5 million in state funding will go to dozens of community revitalization projects across Pennsylvania to upgrade business facades, build accessible housing and make infrastructure improvements, the Wolf administration announced.