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08.17 | theburg | 9 so noTed Fine Wine and Good Spirits will open an 11,500-square- foot retail store at the Capital City Mall this fall, according to mall owner PREIT. Next year, a Dave & Busters also will open, offering a dining and entertainment option. Harrisburg University is relocating its Philadelphia campus, which will more than quadruple its space. e new site at 1500 Spring Garden St. in Center City will allow the university to offer full, four-year bachelor degrees at the campus without students needing to transfer to the main campus in Harrisburg. Merit is the new name of the Harrisburg-based marketing and innovation firm, Sacunas. e company, founded by Nancy Sacunas, said it changed its name to better reflect its mission under now-owner Adam Vasquez. Mom's Tamales & Papusas is expected to open this month at 263 Reily St., across from Midtown Cinema. Owner Josue Osorto, a veteran of many Harrisburg restaurants, will run the eatery specializing in food from El Salvador. PinnacleHealth has completed the acquisition of four hospitals. e Harrisburg-based company bought Carlisle Regional Medical Center, Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center, Lancaster Regional Medical Center and Memorial Hospital of York. Rite Aid and Walgreens have dropped their plans to merge. Instead, Walgreens will buy 2,186 Rite Aid stores for $5.2 billion, leaving East Pennsboro Township-based Rite Aid with 2,350 stores after the deal is complete. in MeMoriaM Robert Marquette, long-time president and CEO of Members 1st Federal Credit Union, died last month, said the Mechanicsburg-based company. Marquette, 68, also was the face of the Members 1st, donning a superhero- type outfit and making homespun pitches during numerous advertisements. Benjamin Olewine III, lifelong Harrisburg resident, businessman and philanthropist, has died at the age of 95. Olewine grew his family's food business into one of the top food distributors in the country, selling it in 1988 to giant Sysco Corp., where he continued to work until a few years ago. HoMe sales CliMB e Harrisburg area scored another solid month for home sales, as purchases increased 4.2 percent year over year. e Greater Harrisburg Association of Realtors reported 1,147 sales in June compared to 1,101 sales in June 2016 for its coverage area, which covers all of Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry counties and parts of York, Lebanon and Juniata counties. e median price also rose, increasing to $183,000 versus $175,000 in the year-ago period, GHAR said. In Dauphin County, 389 homes sold, an increase of 23 units, with the median price rising to $163,500 from $160,000. In Cumberland County, sales totaled 398 units versus 388, with the median price jumping to $210,000 from $190,900. Perry County had 51 home sales against 33, with the median price rising to $143,000 from $129,900 a year earlier.

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