Local Business

Residential customers of UGI Utilities who use natural gas to heat their homes will see a 9.6% rate hike, effective today (Dec. 1), the company announced Tuesday.

After months of small steps forward, job growth in Lancaster County essentially came to a halt in October, a new state report shows.

More than 300 Lancaster County restaurants, bars, hotels and bed-and-breakfast inns have received more than $6 million in state grants to help them cope with the impact of COVID-19, the state announced Monday.

When Motown singing group “The Temptations” released its 1966 hit, “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep,” the song seemed to be just about people.

With fewer early-morning deals, local retailers were not mobbed early this Black Friday, unlike pre-pandemic days.

Kline, Kreider & Good Auctioneers, of Brownstown, conducted a public sale of real estate Oct. 27 for Jonas M. and Annie S. King at 207 Osceola Mill Road, Gordonville. A three-bedroom rancher with barn/garage on 1.5 acres sold for $460,000 to Steve Esh, of Gordonville.

Catering and cooking had always been a side gig for Tim Wolfe.

The owner of the stately Conestoga House & Gardens has appealed a zoning decision that blocks him from holding weddings and large events there, saying the township officials “ignored” key evidence.

Suburban customers of the Lancaster city Bureau of Water who want to voice their opinion on a proposed 21% rate hike will get their chance on Thursday, Dec. 16 at 6 p.m.

Today's savvy shoppers are discovering upscale works of art at the recently opened Artisans Corner.

A federal judge has denied a request by Worley & Obetz’s former controller to have her four-year prison sentence converted to home confinement because she’s scared of getting COVID-19.