News from Berwick

BERWICK — The man accused of stealing $90 in gift cards that Giant workers bought for a mourning co-worker never used the cards and paid back the money, State Police said.

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BERWICK — A man and his wife contend his younger brother has no grounds to sue them over their parents’ funeral bills.

Vernon E. Gross Sr. and Dawn M. Gross insist they never promised...

BERWICK — Middle school students were ordered to clean the cafeteria, but the punishment lasted only one day after parents complained, said Berwick Area Superintendent Wayne Brookhart.

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BERWICK — Building the Berwick boys basketball program from laughingstock to district finalist in just five years took long hours and hard work from coach Jason Kingery.

But Kingery,...

BERWICK — The borough is in the midst of a fight with a man who wants to know more about his estranged wife’s communications with the borough police department.

And it’s now headed to...

BERWICK — The local bar association has appointed an arbitrator to decide the ownership fight between K-Fab’s ex-president and his father.

That’s a small victory for the father, Martin...

BERWICK — Police say a man making methamphetamine stripped the metal siding from the house where he lived and sold it for cash.

“Your honor, I don’t know what possessed me to start...

BERWICK — A woman who returned to a residence on LaSalle Street where she had been evicted was charged with violating a protective order lodged against her, court papers say.

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BERWICK — The annual Run for the Cookies is taking place Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Berwick Elks Lodge.

Sign-up sheets are available at the Berwick and Bloomsburg YMCA and Harry’s...

BERWICK — A former Central Columbia teacher accused of groping a student waived a hearing on evidence Monday while his alleged teen victim waited nearby, ready to testify against him.

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BERWICK — An argument over how to make pot-pie noodles sent a woman to the hospital and her boyfriend to jail.

Tyler James Parks, 20, described his experience as “...

BERWICK — The Columbia County Housing Authority’s non-profit arm is buying numerous properties in the West End here in the hopes of building 24 new houses that will eventually be owner-occupied...

BERWICK — An argument over how to make pot-pie noodles sent a woman to the hospital and her boyfriend to jail.

Tyler James Parks, 20, described his experience as “terrible” after he...

BERWICK — A big donor has stepped up to save the Berwick Theater and Center for Community Arts, providing $69,000 so the non-profit group can buy the building.

The donation by...

BERWICK — It’s a sight to make any video-game player’s heart beat faster.

There, on a massive movie screen, is the image of the gun used for playing “Halo,” with the rooms and corridors...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls Feb. 7-13.

Feb. 7

• 2:30 a.m. — 400 block Scanlon Street, DWI

• 4:58 a.m. — 800 block LaSalle...

BERWICK — A driver who stopped at a green light and nearly ran through a red light was drunk and driving with a license suspended due to a previous DUI, police say.

When Robert...

BERWICK — School here will start after Labor Day this fall to give the district more time to prepare the new West Berwick Elementary for its first students.

Normally, classes would...

BERWICK — School directors here voted to spend $391,000 to build a new building with a press box, concession stand and bathrooms at the baseball field behind City Hall, despite the objections...

BERWICK — Frustrated with a dispatcher at the State Police barracks, a man grabbed his genitals and yelled vulgarities as a 4-year-old girl and her parents watched in shock.

Those...