This winter, when the temperature plunges, you might want to think twice before you turn up the thermostat of your home’s heating system, no matter what type of energy you use. 

In the past two years, a dozen significant development projects have been proposed in Lancaster city, snatching up seemingly every available parking lot and vacant building. But a pair of local investors want to call attention to an ample opportunity that’s remained widely untapped: developi…

Unionized workers at Kellogg Co. nationwide voted Sunday and Monday on a five-year contract offer that would end a two-month strike by 1,400 employees, including 380 at its State Road cereal-making plant.

As the labor shortage here grinds on, and local companies keep raising wages to attract new employees, the juicier offers come with an unspoken caveat: 

Univest Financial has acquired the Paul I. Sheaffer Insurance Agency in Intercourse for $3.8 million in cash, Univest disclosed Wednesday. 

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.

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.

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.