A new federal tax incentive is dovetailing nicely with two growing areas of the Lehigh Valley: manufacturing and office space.

Scranton-based Peoples Security Bank & Trust said it is now in the Schuylkill County market with the recent opening of a new business center in Orwigsburg.

Imagine a face that is calm, free of care. Then imagine a face that is blissfully ignorant, not knowing and not wanting to know for fear of losing that bliss. Then imagine a face that is confident, grounded in understanding of self and the world around it. Those three faces could be interchangeable. They could also represent the recent range of investor feelings.

Industries nationwide have been struggling to find workers, and the situation is no different in wealth management and financial planning, where recruitments efforts are becoming more urgent.

When you are “in the zone,” you are hyper-focused and at peak performance.

For decades, municipalities in Pennsylvania have relied on state tax incentives to attract businesses.

Mid Penn Bank has appointed Joseph N. Butto to serve as regional president for First Priority Bank, a division of Mid Penn Bank.