News from Berwick

BERWICK — A bout of avian influenza gave birth to a new sport that packed the stands at Riverfest Saturday — Hot Dog Pig Racing.

Sets of dachshunds raced around a ring and through an...

BERWICK — Cassidy Eckert scored for Berwick in a 3-1 loss to Holy Redeemer.

Berwick travels to Hanover on Tuesday.

Holy Redeemer 3 0 — 3

Berwick 0 1...

BERWICK — A teen accused of arming himself along with two other young men to attack a family here seemed to be fighting back tears as he hugged his parents after a court appearance Friday....

BERWICK — A father suspended from his son’s youth football game used a bucket lift to raise himself over a stadium wall so he could watch anyway.

As parents sat on the bleachers of...

BERWICK — A pickup driven by a 17-year-old boy was T-boned by oncoming traffic, then hit a house before coming to rest back on Front Street early Thursday, police said.

Both the boy,...

BERWICK — Unit 2 at the Susquehanna nuclear plant is back online after workers replaced two blades on a turbine, officials said.

The reactor was reconnected to the power grid Saturday...

BERWICK — Police raided a Spring Garden Avenue apartment early Friday, seizing 49 bags of heroin and a stolen assault rifle before taking two men into custody on drug-dealing charges.

BERWICK — The Berwick Police Department says it has warrants for the following people.

Names are followed by age; address, if available; and what the warrant is for.

Here is...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1:

Sept. 26

• 1:15 a.m. — Orange and Warren streets, loitering

• 5:55 a.m. —...

BERWICK — General surgeon Clark Gerhart, M.D., will hold monthly bariatric seminars beginning Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 5:30 p.m. in the conference rooms at the Commonwealth Health...

BERWICK — Berwick’s Sammi Starr scored a pair of goals in the second half, leading Berwick’s field hockey team to a 2-1 win over Hanover Area on Wednesday.

The...

BERWICK — A former Domino’s Pizza employee here is charged with allegedly taking cash from the store’s register.

Shawn Michael Robinholt, 25, of 214 Coughlin St.,...

BERWICK —There will be a free pre-game concert at the Christmas Boulevard building before the Berwick Bulldogs football game Friday night.

The Bennett Brothers will...

BERWICK — A homeless man has been arrested on charges of making meth in a soda bottle nearly three years ago.

Robert Jack Kaiser Jr. was declared a fugitive until his...

BERWICK — Unit 2 at Talen’s Susquehanna nuclear plant disconnected from the electrical grid Saturday so staff could deal with indications of small cracks developing on a metal blade on its low...

BERWICK — A Berwick man ran from a wrecked SUV Friday evening, carrying two bags of marijuana after allegedly running seven red lights and crashing twice during a chase, charges say.

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BERWICK — Council is looking for a new member after Jim Meighan resigned, citing health reasons.

The new council person would be appointed by the remaining members and...

BERWICK — Berwick Little League will hold its annual board elections on Sunday at the Berwick Hospital Conference Rooms from 6-6:30 p.m.

A short re-organizational meeting will be held...

BERWICK — A man who led police on a chase through Berwick was Tasered when he took off running after crashing an SUV into a parked vehicle, police say.

The man then became unresponsive...

BERWICK — Cheetah Chassis has told the state it may lay off half its workers, perhaps more, on Oct. 31 for lack of business, but the president says he’s confident the layoffs will be temporary...