News from Berwick

Sat, 12/29/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Berwick Police made at least two drug arrests in the driveway at 1210 Susquehanna Ave. in a matter of eight days, court papers say.

Robert Jack Kaiser, 32...


Sat, 12/29/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Bloomsburg man had a plastic bag in his underwear stuffed with 25 bags of heroin and three small bags of meth during a Dec. 11 traffic stop, according to court papers.

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 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Sat, 12/29/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Led by Renny Murphy’s 12 points, Berwick topped Mifflin County, 35-32, in girls basketball to win the Judy Knorr tournament on Friday.

Murphy was also named...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Sat, 12/29/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A vacant building that has been drawing complaints for years here has been knocked down, apparently by the owner.

The block building with peeling red paint at the corner of...


Sat, 12/29/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A driver had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit when his car T-boned another vehicle at the intersection of East Second and Chestnut streets Oct. 27,...


 | By JULYE WEMPLE and SUSAN SCHWARTZ
Thu, 12/27/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A good Samaritan who realized “something wasn’t right” drove his SUV into the path of another driver, stopping the mangled car two blocks from where it first caused an accident.

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 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 12/26/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Sandy McAfee could smell the roasted turkey wafting outside Eagles Hose Co. when she got out of her car at 5 Christmas morning.

She and a group of friends were throwing a...


Wed, 12/26/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Landlord Coleman Associates of Bloomsburg alleges tenants Richard and Ashley Swank owe $10,786 for unpaid rent, damages and repairs...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 12/25/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A robber pulled a gun on a KB Dollar worker on the way out of the store Sunday night, escaping with a bag of money, police say.

It happened at 9:51 p.m., said Police Chief...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Mon, 12/24/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Firefighters were summoned to the Berwick Hospital Center Sunday morning after a heater motor malfunctioned in a disused wing, the fire chief here says.

The motor in the old...