News from Berwick

BERWICK — The police department and other union workers will get 2.5% raises each of the next three years, but new police officers, sergeants and detectives will get extra boosts under new...

BERWICK — A few months after Beyond the Blend closed, the quirky co-op is rising again, under new management.

Nicoll Oliver, who with her husband, Nicholas, was the co-op’s landlord,...

BERWICK — A law firm is seeking people who worked at Berwick Forge & Fabrication Corp. before 1981 who have been diagnosed with various cancers, saying they are entitled to special benefits...

BERWICK — Borough Council will meet at 7 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of every month in 2021, council unanimously voted at its December meeting.

Those meetings, however, will be...

BERWICK — Workers at Wise Foods teamed up with police Wednesday to capture a fugitive on the lam.

The vagrant in question was a wayward sheep. As of press time Wednesday, police still...

BERWICK — A Berwick man hit his ex-girlfriend in the face and threatened to damage her car, despite a court order forbidding him to contact her, police say.

Robert Joseph...

BERWICK — A two-week search for a man accused of raping and choking a woman ended Monday when a borough police patrolman chased him down.

Anthony Michael Maisey, 32, of 1147 Ferris Ave...

BERWICK — A 71-year-old woman is charged with assaulting her roommate, who had recently had hip surgery, by pushing and kicking her, police said.

Patricia Marie Slusser, 1151 Ferris...

BERWICK — The story of the family that bought Berwick Hospital Center sounds like the classic American tale of immigrants who came to this country and built a thriving company.

But the...

BERWICK — The new owner of Berwick Hospital Center says she plans to grow all parts of the hospital, and has already invested in new services, including a COVID-19 testing system.

“...

BERWICK — A driver reportedly high on Fentanyl tried smoking an unlit cigarette, rolled the rear window down to speak to police, and told officers, “I agree,” when they suggested he was under...

BERWICK — Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is now offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of raping a woman here so violently, she was hospitalized afterward....

BERWICK — About 80 people received free coats, and some also brought home gloves and hats, during a community giveaway organized by Mayor Tim Burke.

The coats were...

BERWICK — A wanted man who was picked up by police had marijuana in his pocket, arrest papers say.

Austin Mark Eveland, 22, of 133 Main St., Berwick, was spotted in...

BERWICK — A homeless man who behaved erratically in front of a downtown business had baggies with methamphetamine residue and cut straws, police said.

Robert Lee Heintzelman Jr...

BERWICK — A woman stopped by police due to an invalid registration on her vehicle had marijuana and crystal meth in her possession, according to court documents.

Oksana...

BERWICK —Workers at Berwick Hospital rolled up their sleeves Tuesday for some of the first shots of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. Hospital leaders say they’ll offer shots to the general...

BERWICK — Businesses that apply for some of the $55,799 in the borough’s COVID relief funding could be ordered to pay back that money if the owner doesn’t follow the governor’s orders to...

BERWICK — A local charity that had more bicycles than children to ride them managed to find so many recipients, organizers had to go out and buy even more bikes.

For the Cause ended up...

BERWICK — A Nescopeck man bothering Sheetz customers inside and outside the store on Dec. 3 is facing charges of disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, police said.

Joshua...