News from Berwick

BERWICK — Sirens will blare Thursday morning as Talen Energy conducts the annual test of all sirens that are part of its emergency notification system.

The sirens are located in a 10-...

BERWICK — Testifying under oath Tuesday with complaints against outdoor music at Berwick Brewing, Jacob Shaffer began reciting an excerpt from the obituary of “Grumpy Bill” Clark, late father...

BERWICK — A Berwick man who accused his live-in girlfriend of cheating and began hitting her in the head and face was locked up early Monday, arrest papers say.

Chad W. Fowler...

BERWICK — A Berwick woman appeared to suffer a seizure before crashing her car into a parked SUV here Monday.

Kelly L. Brown, 223 Iron St., was on North Oak Street...

BERWICK — Tensions between council members, the borough manager, and the police department over the hiring of new officers boiled over Monday night, with accusations about lying, sexism, and...

BERWICK — Ronald A. Sturgeon has joined Peters Consultants Inc. as a project engineer.

A press release says he is a licensed professional engineer in several states...

BERWICK — The first practice for the Berwick girls tennis team will be held Monday at 3 p.m.

There will be a parent and student meeting following practice at 5 p.m.

For more...

BERWICK —The Berwick Theater and Center for Community Arts has new seats, a new screen, a new digital projector and surround-sound system, and you can see if for yourself tonight.

And...

BERWICK — Council members are hoping to replace the state’s noise regulations for bars with the borough’s less stringent rules after a neighbor repeatedly complained about the bands at Berwick...

BERWICK — A councilman says the borough improperly hired an outside attorney to help it draft noise regulations for bars.

Council should have taken a public vote on hiring Philadelphia...

BERWICK — The first practice for the Berwick girls tennis team will be held Monday at 3 p.m.

There will be a parent and student meeting following practice at 5 p.m.

For more...

BERWICK — A man accused of running a meth lab and threatening to burn down the home of his mother and stepfather was so out of control when he was arraigned, the judge said, he doubled his bail...

BERWICK — A councilman wants to deny funding to the Berwick Area Pool Association if it doesn’t post a sign saying swimmers don’t have to give their fingerprints to get into Ber-Vaughn Pool....

BERWICK — When police got a call about an abandoned child in Berwick, they reportedly found 6-year-old Atreyu Nenstiel home alone. Inside the house, an open pizza box was the only sign the boy...

BERWICK — A Berwick woman with a suspended license was arrested for drunken driving for the second time in two months after police were called to the Turkey Hill store for an intoxicated driver...

BERWICK — An alleged thief has once again been caught on camera stealing items donated to the Berwick Senior Citizens Center.

Video showed the portly suspect holding a flashlight in his...

BERWICK — As police were explaining to a Berwick man that he was being arrested for DUI, he told them, “I already have one of those,” court papers say.

Police were dispatched to the 300...

BERWICK — A borough man turned over his driver’s information to another driver and drove away from a parking-lot crash last month, police say.

Officers later discovered Dennis...

BERWICK — The arrest of a man who brought high-quality, lab-produced crystal methamphetamine plus a virtual cornucopia of other narcotics here led police to a major cocaine bust in Stroudsburg...

BERWICK — A LaSalle Street resident warned in the past about burning trash in his garage destroyed the cinder-block structure Tuesday night after embers left burning in a wood stove spread to...