News from Berwick

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls from May 22-28:

May 22

• 1:43 a.m. — East Second and Pine streets, suspicious person

• 10:46...

BERWICK — Officers were prepared for trouble when they raided what they say was a large-scale heroin den Wednesday morning.

The Columbia-Montour SWAT team and agents from the Office of...

BERWICK — Lawrence W. Cope, 60, of 55 Kings Point, Bloomsburg, pled guilty to harassing Susan Frazier, 57, after pushing her at their home at 4:29 p.m. May 5....

BERWICK — The Berwick YMCA is offering free fitness classes through Saturday for the general public as well as members.

Classes include all the land fitness classes, such as Boot Camp,...

BERWICK — McBride Memorial Library holds its annual book sale Saturday, with a sneak preview Friday night.

It costs $5 to get into the preview, which runs from 5 to 8 p.m.

The...

BERWICK — A driver kicked her passenger out of the car and tried to run him down, witnesses said, but instead the vehicle hit a utility pole, ripped the electric wires from a councilman’s house...

BERWICK — Police officers here may soon be sporting new uniforms with washable bulletproof vests and new badges.

Officials said the new uniforms were a compromise between the officers...

BERWICK — Cats will have to be on leashes or in cages when they leave their owners’ properties, and live chickens will be outlawed altogether under a new ordinance being considered by council...

BERWICK — An alleged heroin dealer and a mother accused of helping him sell the drug while letting him stay in her apartment with her two young daughters are now headed to trial.

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BERWICK — A Berwick man accused of conspiring to operate a meth lab reluctantly agreed to waive his preliminary hearing recently because no attorney had been appointed for him.

Justin...

BERWICK — Rick McFadden lay face down and unconscious in the middle of Route 11 in Shickshinny “bleeding everywhere” last Father’s Day.

A motorcycle crash in a rain storm had left the...

BERWICK — A Berwick man jailed for allegedly threatening his mother and her friend says he can’t stand prison because all his cellmates do is talk about cooking meth.

Austin Eugene...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from May 15-21:

May 15

• 12:02 a.m. — 300 block North Oak Street, trespass

• 12:13 a.m. — 500 block...

BERWICK — Crestwood capitalized on several Berwick mistakes in the District 2 quarterfinals, beating the Bulldogs, 3-1.

The Bulldogs (10-9) had a chance to pull ahead early, but...

BERWICK — Anton Georgiev, D.O., is scheduled to present “Advanced Treatment Options for Abdominal Hernias” at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Berwick YMCA, 231 W. Third St.

The...

BERWICK — A community celebration is being planned to mark the opening of the new West Berwick Elementary.

The event is set for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 27, said Berwick Area ...

BERWICK —Kylie Levan pitched six shutout innings, striking out seven, but it was Shea Petty’s home run in the fifth that was the difference in Berwick’s 4-3 win over Scranton Prep in the...

BERWICK — A man accused of threatening his mother and attacking her friend started to cry when he realized his mother was the only person who might be able to post his bail.

Austin...

BERWICK — Police have released the names of a motorcyclist and the driver who hit his bike last Thursday afternoon, but the accident remains under investigation.

Biker William...

BERWICK — A mobile-home park owner and one of his residents who sued each other over rent, taxes and repairs for a decrepit trailer each won one case and lost another.

Under a...