News from Berwick

BERWICK —Here are Berwick Area High School honor roll students for the first marking period:

Distinguished Honors

• Ninth grade — Jayde Bafile...

BERWICK — A couple is praising Geisinger Medical Center and Berwick Hospital for saving their 9-year-old daughter’s life after she developed a rare but potentially deadly reaction to COVID-19...

BERWICK — An intoxicated homeless man screamed and carried on, insisting he had been framed and that people were out to kill him, police said.

Nathan Daniel Young, 28, wound up serving...

BERWICK — The Berwick Boys Youth Basketball League is holding registration tonight from 6:30-8 in the varsity gym lobby.

The league is open to boys in second through sixth grades.

BERWICK — The Berwick Boys Youth Basketball League is holding registration today from 9-11 a.m. and Monday from 6:30-8 p.m. in the varsity gym lobby.

The league is open to boys in...

BERWICK — Football camps next spring will have a newer, safer surface on which to play at Berwick Area School District’s Crispin Field, officials say.

It is expected to cost $468,000 to...

BERWICK — A woman accused of being part of a Philadelphia-based drug ring waived a preliminary hearing on two sets of charges Monday and will face them in Columbia County court.

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BERWICK — The Berwick Boys Youth Basketball League is holding registration on Saturday from 9-11 a.m. and Monday from 6:30-8 p.m. in the varsity gym lobby.

The league is open to boys in...

BERWICK — A warrant was issued for a homeless woman after a homeowner woke up to find her sleeping in an upstairs bedroom.

Jordanna Leigh Karns-Kreischer, 33, had...

BERWICK — More than $500,000 in COVID-19 relief funds recently awarded to Berwick Area School District could help fund after-school programs and summer school; buy new graded reading books,...

BERWICK — Borough police officers asked council Monday to consider using some of the municipality’s COVID-19 relief money to give them hazard pay for their work through the pandemic.

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BERWICK — A 28-year-old man accused of driving drunk three times in less than two weeks, culminating in a head-on crash, waived a preliminary hearing Monday and will face the charges in...

BERWICK — Voters decided to keep Teresa Troiani, Nelson Learn and Robert Lewis on borough council for another four years, plus chose political newcomer Tom Moccia to join them, according to...

BERWICK — Tickets for Berwick’s District 2 playoff football game and championship volleyball match are on sale at piaad2.org. There will be no gate sales.

To purchase tickets, select...

BERWICK — Council here has agreed to give $3,000 more to a local couple who has had 98 feral cats and kittens fixed.

Meanwhile, the volunteers, Laurie and Bill Allison, are looking for...

BERWICK — New rest rooms at Test Track Park and renovating the ones at Ber-Vaughn Park will cost $338,728, according to bids to do the work.

If borough council decides to go through...

BERWICK — On Oct. 17 at the Berwick VFW, the following veterans were awarded Quilts of Valor. Here are their stories:

• David Bogart of Berwick served in the Marine...

BERWICK — The net income of First Keystone Corp., the parent company of First Keystone Community Bank, in the first nine months of 2021 increased 34% compared to 2020, according to a press...

BERWICK — A Berwick man who hid his vehicle to avoid it being sold at a sheriff’s sale has been charged with fraud, according to court records.

Kevin W. Yost, 32,...

BERWICK — A local businessman is offering $50 of his own money to anyone in the Berwick or Nescopeck ZIP codes who gets vaccinated against COVID-19 starting Monday.

Kirk Bower, owner of...