News from Berwick

BERWICK — Berwick had its police department respond to 40 fireworks incidents over July 4 weekend, Chief Kenneth Strish told council members Monday.

Of those, four people were cited, he...

BERWICK — The engine compartment of a 2011 Jeep burst into flame as it reached Berwick from Nescopeck on Wednesday morning, witnesses said.

Kaeisha Thomas, 32, of East...

BERWICK — Mike Knorr knew something was wrong when he received the email from the state telling him his secretary at Knorr Hauling had filed for unemployment.

She was still working in...

BERWICK — The Graffiti Highway won’t be coming to Test Track Park here after all.

Council members decided not to approve a proposal to allow street artists to paint the main street of...

BERWICK — If the coronavirus infection rate remains steady next school year, Berwick Area Schools students will be required to wear masks on school buses, but nowhere else, under a health and...

BERWICK — The owners of The Forge Pub and Eatery has won the borough’s blessing to expand its outdoor seating area, a move they say will let them serve more customers, plus prepare in case of...

BERWICK — Grace Lutheran Church will be hosting a drive-through-only take-out meal on Sunday, July 25, from 3-5 p.m.

The meal will include hot dogs, macaroni salad, baked beans and a...

BERWICK — A man whom police tried to pick up on a misdemeanor drug charge tried to flee on a bicycle, court papers allege. But police not only caught him, they recognized the bike as one that...

BERWICK — When the American Legion Region 5 tournament brackets were announced, Berwick was awarded the closest thing to home-field advantage it could get with Central Columbia being named the...

BERWICK — A Berwick man who choked his pregnant girlfriend faces a felony charge of aggravated assault of an unborn child, police said.

Naji Meek, 26, of 215 E. Front...

BERWICK — A Berwick man who violated a Protection from Abuse Order was found by police hiding in a crawl space under couch cushions and garbage bags, police said.

Scott Daniel...

BERWICK — A drug dealer crashed his car on his way to a drug deal, then unwittingly handed it over to an undercover narcotics agent to cover up that he was driving, investigators say.

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BERWICK — Jake Lisnock and Berwick’s Major Division Little League baseball all-star squad capped a marvelous tournament by winning its first District 13 title in 14 years with...

BERWICK — Americans are being sold short by the olive oil they’re offered on most store shelves, A.J. Vezendy said — and he means to change that, in his mother’s name.

Literally.

BERWICK — Borough Council members told a resident that if he counts the trucks driving on his street, they’ll reconsider taking steps to try to limit them.

But the real solution,...

BERWICK — Transportation officials plan to remove a guide rail on a curve on Summerhill Avenue, but it won’t say exactly why.

In April, the department sent a letter Thomas...

BERWICK — The director of nursing at St. Thomas Post-Acute and Rehabilitation Center was fired after she failed to promptly alert family members of COVID-19 outbreaks in the nursing home,...

BERWICK — Grant Evensen delivered the big blow with a home run, Gabe Decker drove in three runs, and Berwick forced a winner-take-all game for the District 13...

BERWICK — The Berwick Area United Way will distribute $96,000 in its 2021-22 fiscal year to pay for nine programs with eight agencies, according to a press release.

The programs range...

BERWICK — Police have seized cell phones and a camera box they hope might hold video showing what happened to a 1-year-old girl who died suddenly June 26, according to a recently released...