ST. MARYS - A fifth-generation official is slated to take over leadership of Straub Brewing Co., a family-owned business in north central Pennsylvania.

Forty-three-year-old William Brock is the new president and chief executive officer of the brewery. He is replacing Daniel Straub who plans to retire June 1. Straub and worked at the brewery for 30 years and became its CEO in December when the new position was created.

Brock was formerly a consultant and a workforce development director outside the company. He joined the brewery last year.

The brewery is in St. Marys, about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

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