News from Berwick
Charges: Man used Facebook to solicit more girls
BERWICK — A 21-year-old man accused of using Facebook to solicit sex from underage girls faces new charges after two more alleged victims came forward.
The girls, ages 13 and 14,...
Beaver, Bloom beat Berwick
BERWICK — Sadie Beaver went 2 for 4 for Bloomsburg, which used a 10-run fifth inning to beat Berwick, 11-1, in high school softball Monday.
Shea Petty...
Laid-off Berwick Area sewer workers to share $83G deal
BERWICK — Four workers laid off by the Berwick Area Joint Sewer Authority last month will share $83,242 in exchange for giving up their call for health and other benefits.
Meanwhile, a...
Laid-off Berwick Area sewer workers to share $83G deal
BERWICK — Four workers laid off by the Berwick Area Joint Sewer Authority last month will share $83,242 in exchange for giving up their call for health and other benefits.
Meanwhile, a...
Homeless man allegedly stole woman’s car
BERWICK — A homeless man faces charges for stealing a car he offered to take to a garage for repairs as a favor, police say.
Kevin L. Vernovage, 49, of Berwick,...
Homeless man allegedly stole woman’s car
BERWICK — A homeless man faces charges for stealing a car he offered to take to a garage for repairs as a favor, police say.
Kevin L. Vernovage, 49, of Berwick,...
Four to join Berwick Academic Hall of Fame
BERWICK — Berwick’s Academic Hall of Fame will welcome an artist, a Geisinger leader, a music teacher, and an autism specialist at its induction ceremony this Saturday at 4 p.m.
The...
Police: High dad threw baby
BERWICK — A 20-year-old man high on synthetic marijuana allegedly threw his infant son across the room.
Seamus Harry Ridgway appeared to be fighting back tears as he was arraigned hours...
Four to join Berwick Academic Hall of Fame
BERWICK — Berwick’s Academic Hall of Fame will welcome an artist, a Geisinger leader, a music teacher, and an autism specialist at its induction ceremony this Saturday at 4 p.m.
The...
Police: High dad threw baby
BERWICK — A 20-year-old man high on synthetic marijuana allegedly threw his infant son across the room.
Seamus Harry Ridgway appeared to be fighting back tears as he was arraigned hours...
Berwick husband’s bail lowered
BERWICK — A man accused of holding a steak knife to his wife’s throat told a judge Monday that jail “is not very fun.”
Barry Augustine, 37, has been in Columbia County...
BERWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT LOG
BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from April 3-9:
April 3
• 2:58 a.m. — 100 block South Vine Street, domestic
• 3:17 a.m. — 300 block...
Mom, aunt stick up for accused dad-to-be
BERWICK — Naomi Kaiser says she was “shocked” to hear her son had been arrested for threatening to cut the baby out of his pregnant wife during an argument in late March....
Berwick schools to trim taxes
BERWICK — School directors here are planning to cut taxes next year — a move almost unheard of, especially this year, when state funding is in doubt and required pension payments are rising....
Berwick husband’s bail lowered
BERWICK — A man accused of holding a steak knife to his wife’s throat told a judge Monday that jail “is not very fun.”
Barry Augustine, 37, has been in Columbia County...
BERWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT LOG
BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from April 3-9:
April 3
• 2:58 a.m. — 100 block South Vine Street, domestic
• 3:17 a.m. — 300 block...
Mom, aunt stick up for accused dad-to-be
BERWICK — Naomi Kaiser says she was “shocked” to hear her son had been arrested for threatening to cut the baby out of his pregnant wife during an argument in late March....
Berwick schools to trim taxes
BERWICK — School directors here are planning to cut taxes next year — a move almost unheard of, especially this year, when state funding is in doubt and required pension payments are rising....
Police: Man, 75, molested girl
BERWICK — A 75-year-old borough man sexually abused a little girl eight years ago, telling police he would “play around with her vagina,” arrest papers say.
Jack Wall, 216 S. Warren St...
Feds eye homemade arsenal
BERWICK — A Berwick man accused of creating a homemade arsenal that included exploding arrow bombs saw his most serious charge — possessing weapons of mass destruction — dropped Monday.
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