Local Business

The United Food & Commercial Workers Local 152 is in the midst of contract talks. 

Details of the deal were not disclosed

Thirty-five interactive, electronic kiosks have been stationed throughout Lancaster County to help students and job seekers learn about job openings, career pathways and training programs, the Lancaster County Workforce Development Board said.

Kunzler & Co., a more than a century old Lancaster city-based hot dog and ham maker, is in talks to be acquired by Montgomery County-based Clemens Food Group.

Horst Auctioneers, of Ephrata, conducted a public sale of real estate April 18 for Elam A. and Betty A. Shirk at 1071 Martindale Road, Ephrata. A brick ranch-style house with attached one-car garage sold for $382,000 to Roy Zimmerman, of Ephrata.

High Real Estate Group has added a 60-unit Ephrata Township apartment complex to its portfolio of residential properties.

Rock Lititz bought the property. 

PPL Electric Utilities customers who don’t shop for electricity supply will see their costs drop on June 1, if a rate change is approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. 

The acquisition adds 400 employees and fuels an optimistic forecast for 2024

The new facility is not expected to impact Rock Lititz, the live industry community that has attracted performers such as Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

Tokens for the batting cages and driving range, which ceased operations on Monday, will be honored at the car wash. 

The owners of Pour Man’s Brewing Co. announced their purchase Tuesday for an undisclosed price of fellow Ephrata Borough brewery St. Boniface Craft Brewing Co.