News from Berwick

 | By Susan Schwartz
Sat, 05/19/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A 20-mile chase with a pregnant woman inside the car started with an attempt at a routine traffic stop, charges say.

Briar Creek Township Police filed new charges against...


Thu, 05/17/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — The following civil complaints have been filed in the offices of District Judge Richard Knecht.

The defendants in such cases sometimes settle claims soon...


Thu, 05/17/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — The American Red Cross and community partners will install free smoke alarms and provide home fire safety education to families in Berwick on Friday.

Tomorrow’s event is part...


 | By Julye Wemple
Wed, 05/16/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK —Thelma Allen, 68, watched Tuesday’s storm from inside her 1551 First Ave. home. When the rain and winds subsided, she went outside to survey the damage.

She spotted wires on...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Mon, 05/14/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A woman allegedly cut her boyfriend with a box cutter and beat him with an extension cord.

But Tina M. Maisey, 39, said her alleged victim, Jeremy Lynn, 23, attacked her, and...


 | By GERI GIBBONS
Mon, 05/14/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick resident was willing to lend $20 to an acquaintance — instead police say she stole $5,000 from him.

Carolyn Whitmire, 56, who is listed as “homeless,” allegedly...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Mon, 05/14/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — An eye doctor is closing his office downtown, shifting his patients to a newly refurbished eye-care center with cutting-edge technology in Scott Township.

“All my patients...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Sun, 05/13/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man who admitted using meth was dancing on the sidewalk and hollering obscenities while his 2-year-old daughter almost ran into traffic, according to court documents.

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Sun, 05/13/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A suspicious man on a bicycle seen loitering near the Berwick K-Mart May 6 was found to be carrying needles and glassine packets used for heroin, arrest papers say.

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Sat, 05/12/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — The following landlord-tenant complaints have been filed in the office of District Judge Richard Knecht. The defendants in such cases sometimes settle claims soon...