News from Berwick

BERWICK — Nearly 100 people walked in silence for nine miles here Saturday morning as a reminder of the nearly nine minutes that George Floyd spent with a police officer’s knee on his neck...

BERWICK — The family of an 81-year-old landlord accused of trying to stab two tenants with a screwdriver and threatening another with a handgun hopes to sell the rental unit where the...

BERWICK — Zoning board members cleared the way Thursday for the owner of Berwick Hospital Center to sell the Berwick Retirement Village to a NewYork-based healthcare private equity firm.

BERWICK — Berwick area students and their families are continuing to get free meals and groceries through the summer as part of a team effort of various organizations.

From noon to 1 p....

BERWICK — Two sisters hope residents will join them in making a statement through their silence during a nine-mile walk Saturday in memory of George Floyd and others who were hurt and killed...

BERWICK — Charges against Brock Lindsay of Berwick were withdrawn before a preliminary hearing Monday after the alleged victim said she did not want to...

BERWICK — A restaurant dish washer thrown out of work by the new coronavirus pandemic has been using the time to paint a shed in memory of a stepson he says committed suicide after returning...

BERWICK — The Berwick Christmas Boulevard, Berwick Borough and the Berwick Area School District are teaming up to have a graduation boulevard Friday.

Signs with all the Berwick seniors...

BERWICK — After selling an undercover officer 1.5 ounces of methamphetamine in two transactions, a Berwick drug dealer bragged to the officer that it would be no problem for his supplier to get...

BERWICK — A 46-year-old woman has been charged with stabbing the man found bleeding from a shoulder wound Saturday night.

Christine Marie Gulbrandsen of Berwick used a knife to gash...

BERWICK — Parishioners started trickling into St. Mary’s Church half an hour before Mass Sunday.

Walking through the front doors, they cleaned their hands with sanitizer in the lobby...

BERWICK — High school seniors who showed up to pick up their caps and gowns were greeted by a surprise reverse parade — teachers and staff lining the sidewalk to applaud them.

Usually,...

BERWICK — Last summer, Tammy Strobel watched as squatters moved in and out of an abandoned home across the alley from hers, leaving behind a mountain of trash.

Nearly a year later, she’...

BERWICK — UGI Utilities, Inc. will begin a natural gas main replacement project in the borough here, beginning Monday, June 8. This project is part of the Company’s multi-year infrastructure...

BERWICK — The borough doesn’t want to tear down a building on which an overhang partially collapsed last week, the borough manager said, but will wait for an engineer’s report to decide what to...

BERWICK — The Maria Assunta is holding its usual election day spaghetti dinner, but due to the new coronavirus pandemic, the meal will be takeout.

Meals can be picked up from 11 a.m. to...

BERWICK — Local teens who lost their prom to the new coronavirus pandemic are getting together for an online version while helping raise money for families that are far worse off.

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BERWICK — Wooden pallets caught fire behind Weis Markets here Monday, spreading flames to the store’s roof and temporarily shutting its doors, a fire official said.

Employees and...

BERWICK — The coronavirus pandemic’s state-mandated gathering restrictions have canceled area Memorial Day parades for 2020.

But that doesn’t mean the U.S. military’s fallen will be...

BERWICK — Free subs are to be given away curb-side at Calvary United Methodist Church, 1135 Orange St., Berwick, from 2-5 p.m. Saturday.

The meals will include a regular sub (ham,...