News from Berwick

BERWICK — Weis Markets may start selling beer at its grocery store here, if council members give their blessing to the idea Monday.

The company has requested permission to transfer a...

BERWICK — Owners of the Berwick Theater have ambitious plans to reopen the downtown landmark for first-run movies as early as July 1 after receiving a $140,000 federal grant for renovations....

BERWICK — The Berwick Area United Way’s Soup Kitchen could use some civic-minded families or groups to feed some of the area’s needy on Saturdays — including this Saturday.

The meals...

BERWICK — A Berwick man is facing code violations.

James D. Taylor, 422 E. 11th St., failed to pay a ticket for rubbish and garbage, as well as a ticket for motor...

BERWICK — An attorney accused code officials of conducting a “witch hunt” to prevent Lee Benjamin Jr. from turning the former Berwick armory into a base for youth wrestling.

But the...

BERWICK — A former Berwick man menaced his girlfriend’s ex with a knife Tuesday morning, then the young couple both ended up in prison after they tried to evade police, authorities say.

BERWICK — The fourth annual Celebrate Berwick festival runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 14, along the Route 11 corridor from Briar Creek to downtown Berwick.

Celebrate Berwick will...

BERWICK — Berwick scored the winning run on a balk in the 10th inning of a 1-0 win over Lake-Lehman in high school baseball Monday.

Berwick’s Nate Laubach led off the...

BERWICK — A man who cursed and argued with a judge after his arrest during an alleged meth lab bust last month apologized Thursday while appearing in district court.

“Before we start, I...

BERWICK — A pregnant woman obtained a protection-from-abuse order against her husband who allegedly beat her and threatened to cut the baby out of her body.

Adam Tyler Kaiser, 26,...

BERWICK — Donna Anderson woke up to a gut-wrenching sight on Mother’s Day — her son’s mug shot on the front page of the paper.

“It broke my heart,” Anderson said.

Her son, 18-...

BERWICK — A man arrested in a recent meth bust was one of the thieves captured on camera stealing almost $300 in tools from Tri-County Lumber, according to charges.

Justin Michael...

BERWICK — Dalo’s pizza will return to the cafeterias at Berwick’s high school and middle school.

School board President Maryann Kovalewski recently asked representatives of Nutrition...

BERWICK — The Berwick Dawgs Boys Basketball Camp will be held June 13-15 for boys entering second through seventh grades.

Cost for registration is $55 per camper.

For more...

BERWICK — Three borough teens were nabbed removing copper pipe from the basement of an abandoned house here in broad daylight last weekend, police said.

One of them was caught holding a...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls from April 24-30:

April 24

• 12:04 a.m. — 1000 block West Front Street, suspicious auto

• 9:...

BERWICK — Youth in Philanthropy (YiP) is an educational program offered by the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation. The purpose of the program is for youth to understand the meaning of...

BERWICK — The mother of the man accused of tossing his infant across the room while high on synthetic marijuana says her son would never hurt his own child.

Seamus Ridgway, 21, is...

BERWICK — A photographer who took pictures for the Berwick Swim Club accepted $500 in payments but never delivered the photos, a new lawsuit says.

The swim club is suing Dakota Rasimas...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from April 17-23:

April 17

• 1:13 a.m. — 100 block East 13th Street, fight

• 3:43 a.m. — 400 block...