News from Berwick

BERWICK — The executive director of the Berwick Industrial Development Association was recently named to a list of the area’s top female business leaders, according to a press release.

BERWICK — The First Reformed United Church of Christ, 301 W. Second St., will host Holy Week services, beginning with a Palm Sunday Worship Service at 10 a.m. on March 28 at which palms will be...

BERWICK — The Berwick Area Ministerium will be holding a traditional Good Friday service on April 2, beginning at 1 p.m. hosted by First Reformed United Church of Christ, Berwick.

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BERWICK — Borough Council has delayed a plan to make part of Park Street one way so it can consult the neighbors.

The street narrows to not much more than an alleyway between Warren and...

BERWICK — Fifteen members of Berwick Area Schools’ middle school softball team are quarantining after a 16th team member tested positive for COVID-19, the superintendent says.

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BERWICK — One of two suspects charged with robbing a man, then driving a van into him during an apparent drug deal appeared in court Monday ready to defend himself, only to change his mind and...

BERWICK — A Berwick man busted with a large amount of drugs and cash during a police raid of a home on Monroe Street in late February waived a preliminary hearing on all charges against him...

BERWICK — A woman battled through tears after briefly fleeing from the stand to finish telling a judge her account of the day a man tied her up and sexually assaulted her in December.

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BERWICK — A drunken woman showed up at Berwick YMCA and tried to pick up her young son to drive him home, police say.

When taken into custody, Sunnee DiBlasi, 38, of 1211 Fourth Ave.,...

BERWICK — Berwick Area School Board has unanimously approved Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech’s proposed $9.7 million budget. Berwick’s share will be $1.92 million, an increase of $101,172.88.

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BERWICK — A 97-year-old man whose doctor ordered him to be taken by ambulance to Berwick Hospital instead was transported by a Geisinger-owned ambulance to Geisinger Medical Center, Berwick...

BERWICK — Bower Memorial United Methodist Church will have worship services Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

Guest speaker is to be district superintendent Dr. Gary Weaver.

BERWICK — A mysterious customer gave $100 tips to the staff at May’s Family Restaurant here Monday morning — not just to his waitress, but to everyone who was working there.

“I’ve read...

BERWICK — At least 174 school staff members here will be able to get vaccinated during a four-day vaccination drive starting Friday, the superintendent here says.

That’s not everyone...

BERWICK — A driver who fled from a car crash pretended he was his brother when police caught up with him a short while later, according to arrest records.

Danny Lajara, 25, of 1041...

BERWICK — Three dogs, a guinea pig and a lizard died Sunday in an afternoon fire that gutted parts of a home on North Mercer Street.

No one was in the three-bedroom residence at 825...

BERWICK — The managers of the nuclear power plant here are asking nearby residents to fill out a survey to help them anticipate local behavior in emergencies.

The questionnaire by...

BERWICK — Berwick Hospital Center’s walk-in clinic is moving from Front Street to the former Alley Medical Center, the doctor said.

Starting Monday, patients should come to the center,...

BERWICK — Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church will host its monthly Community Meal on Monday, beginning at 5 p.m.

The church is at 1228 Second Ave., Berwick.

The meal is take-...

BERWICK — A former car sales lot is about to become a car sales lot again.

Jeremy Talanca won the borough Zoning Hearing Board’s blessing Monday night for a variance to open his own car...