News from Berwick

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from Sept. 4-10:

Sept. 4

• 1:35 a.m. — 300 block East Third Street, domestic

• 5:07 a.m. — 300 block...

BERWICK — Armed with a machete, a baseball bat and a knife, three Berwick men and a 15-year-old girl set out to attack a family who had allegedly been harassing one of the men, police say....

BERWICK — A convenience store was robbed at knifepoint just before closing time Tuesday, police say.

The suspect walked into Laubach’s gas station on East Eighth Street here, flashed a...

BERWICK — A man told police he saw a speeding car blow through a stop sign and hit a curb, nearly rolling over before landing back on all four wheels.

Officers say they later determined...

BERWICK — A landlord upset by a $25 ticket for overgrown grass hired a lawyer who argued a borough ordinance is illegal — and won.

Now a councilman says Berwick will rewrite the rules...

BERWICK — A Berwick man accused of hitting his girlfriend in the face and choking her told police he “just spazzed out” as both were hitting each other.

Donald E. Fitzgerald, 25,...

BERWICK — The police chief expects more people will be arrested for a wave of burglaries in the East End over the past two weeks.

Austin Mark Eveland, 18, was decked out in stolen...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3:

Aug. 28

• 6:45 a.m. — 600 block East Second Street, assist Salem Township Police...

BERWICK — A man and woman holding 31 heroin packets between them tried to enter a home and then sat down on a rocking chair on the front porch before police arrived and took them into custody...

BERWICK — A teen who took off running when he saw a police cruiser was wearing stolen clothes and carrying purloined jewelry in a backpack that reeked of marijuana, charges say.

Austin...

BERWICK — A community volunteer frustrated by the sight of trash at a local cemetery posted pictures on Facebook about it, inspiring another volunteer to clean up much of the mess.

“I...

BERWICK — When Dr. Joseph Oakley Simington died, he left more than $5 million to various charities, civic organizations, family and friends in the area.

It included $1 million each to...

BERWICK — An Orangeville man faces driving under the influence charges after a July traffic stop.

Here’s what police allege in court papers:

Police approached a vehicle driven...

BERWICK — For 54 years and three generations, people have been cooling off with ice cream sundaes topped with real fruit at the Big “B” Ice Cream Parlor.

But Sunday will be the landmark...

BERWICK — For 41 years, Debra Gross has paid daily visits to older brother Richard Gross Jr.’s gravesite, keeping a promise she made after Richard was killed in a 1975 car crash at the age of...

BERWICK — The Central Susquehanna Community Foundation announces scholarship awards for local students through the Berwick Health and Wellness Fund (BHWF). Applications for a variety of health-...

BERWICK — Borough Police report responding to these calls Aug. 21-27:

Aug. 21

• 12:03 a.m. — 1600 Spring Garden Avenue, domestic

• 3:55 a.m. — 500...

BERWICK — An SUV crash into a utility pole knocked out power to 2,186 customers here Sunday, a PPL spokeswoman said.

Cody Turse, 23, of 128 Willow Drive, Berwick, was driving east on...

BERWICK — First Keystone Community Bank recently made a $1,150 donation to help two local students attend Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week.

The students: Matthew Lewis,...

BERWICK — About 500 people turned out for the dedication of West Berwick Elementary Saturday, even as workers were still erecting street lights by the new bus parking lot.

The $23...