News from Berwick

BERWICK — A Danville woman who hit a small utility trailer but said she didn’t remember doing it was drunk, police say.

Jasmine Thomas, 28, of 22 Orchard Ave., seemed...

BERWICK — U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-9, was in Berwick on Tuesday morning for a small business walking tour.

His first stop was the Berwick Innovation Center.

The...

BERWICK — A vagrant pleaded guilty to possessing drug paraphernalia after police found him asleep in a brushy area, according to court papers.

Daniel David McCole, 26...

BERWICK — The artist hired to create a mosaic sign welcoming people to this borough has redesigned it after a councilman panned his first sketch.

The new sign design by Dave Stabley...

BERWICK — A woman who was the first Baptist to live here started a church at a hall in Nescopeck across the river nearly two centuries ago.

So it was fitting that a female pastor...

BERWICK — Police are looking for videos or photos of a fight at Crispin Field that left two teenage boys with knife wounds Friday night.

Detective Reagan Rafferty said both teens — one...

BERWICK — As the best young ballplayers on the planet compete in the Little League World Series, some former players from this borough can watch with nostalgia — 50 years ago, they came within...

BERWICK — A 25-year tradition of cooking for the hungry and lonely ends today when the Saturday Community Soup Kitchen closes.

The program, a partnership between the Berwick Area United...

BERWICK — Bloomsburg’s Ben Sohosky shot the lowest score of the round with a 42, and teammate Dylan Kreisher was right behind with a 43 to help the Panthers...

BERWICK — If you’re a writer who has published a book, there’s a place for you at the Bloomsburg Fair, says Andrew Shecktor.

He’s issued a call for regional authors to...

BERWICK — The new digital radio system for Columbia and Montour counties and the dispatchers using it were key to getting treatment to the 17 victims hurt when a car drove through a crowd Aug....

BERWICK — Dr. Douglas Kupas was at home reading the newspaper when the call came in at 6:15 p.m. Aug. 13.

A car had driven through a crowd at a fundraiser at The Intoxicology Department...

BERWICK — School directors here are considering giving their bus contractors a boost to make up for soaring gas prices.

They were scheduled to vote during Monday’s special meeting on...

BERWICK — A councilman said a proposed sign welcoming visitors to the borough is too artsy. He was out-voted by fellow council members, who agreed to donate $5,000 toward its creation.

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BERWICK — Staff and community leaders say if people want to stop Berwick Hospital from ending its medical services, they need to keep using it.

“We’re still here; the hospital is still...

BERWICK — Care for Berwick Clinic Co.’s patients is improving, and employees who weren’t paid have a good chance of getting at least some of the money they’re owed, government watchdogs and an...

BERWICK — A sleeping family woke to find their home full of smoke and their kitchen in flames Wednesday.

The family escaped the house along with one of their dogs, but say a second dog...

BERWICK — Two more people injured when a car plowed into a crowd raising money for the victims of a fire that killed 10 have been released from the hospital, officials said.

Meanwhile,...

BERWICK — Sean Murphy was the medalist with a match-low 41 to lead Berwick’s high school golf team to a 176-203 win over Bloomsburg on Monday at Berwick Golf Club.

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BERWICK — Borough officials started their meeting Monday praying for those who died in the Aug. 5 fire in Nescopeck and the woman who died and those who were injured when a car drove through...