News from Berwick

BERWICK — Police arrested a man after they say he stole a doorbell hooked up to a surveillance system that recorded him stealing it.

But officers had to shock Robert M. Vargo with a...

BERWICK — The school district here is hoping new programs will woo back students who have been taking classes at other districts and cyber charter schools.

During their online meeting...

BERWICK — St. Mary’s Church in Berwick will hold a soup giveaway at the church from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday for anyone in need of food.

The giveway, which will last as long as the...

BERWICK — Payden Montana, a state and national champion thrower for Berwick track and field is transferring from Penn State, according to a Wilkes-Barre...

BERWICK — A man who called 9-1-1 nearly a dozen times in three hours and who was spotted pacing up and down the streets is facing charges, according to police.

Though he appeared to be...

BERWICK — Honor roll students for the third marking period:

Distinguished Honors

• Ninth grad e — Grace Alexander, Sophia Ambrosino, Emily...

BERWICK — First Keystone Corp., parent company of First Keystone Community Bank, recently held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders virtually.

At the meeting, D. Matthew...

BERWICK — Berwick Borough will open its brush and yard waste drop off at the Test Track Park on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Household recyclables will not be accepted at the site at...

BERWICK — Word spread quickly online and through hurried phone calls and texts Friday, first among Catholics, then blazing though the rest of the community: Fr. Dominick Mammarella was dead....

BERWICK — Reserve seating is being suspended for Berwick football at Crispin Field this fall because it’s still unclear whether a season will be played at all.

The decision was made...

BERWICK — Stuart Tank Memorial Association’s fifth annual World War II Weekend, scheduled July 18-19 here, has been canceled because of the coronavirus and mandated restrictions.

“It is...

BERWICK —About 50 residents were evacuated from Elmcroft of Berwick nursing home Monday morning after a maintenance man sparked a fire inside a crawl space above the one-story building.

BERWICK — A Berwick man faces charges of harassment and assault after police say he left black and blue marks on his wife’s wrist and arm.

Christopher Wayne Barb, 34, of 308 E. Front St...

BERWICK — A friend and the girlfriend of a Berwick man diagnosed with the new coronavirus say ambulance workers tried to talk him out of going to the hospital when he had trouble breathing....

BERWICK — A Bloomsburg man authorities say illegally operated a moving company is facing criminal charges after he was nabbed in an undercover sting by the Public Utilities Commission.

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BERWICK — Many area golf courses teed up their 2020 season Friday, while taking strict steps to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The reopenings followed nearly six weeks of...

BERWICK — A woman and a Hazleton man with her raised a ruckus inside a CVS pharmacy here last week, with the man headbutting a store manager before he left, officers say.

Now police are...

BERWICK — Here are Berwick Middle School honor roll students for the third marking period:

Distinguished Honors

• Fifth grade — Katelyn Baker...

BERWICK — Over the course of a 10-week competition, a team of high school students in Berwick teacher Kristina Corrado’s class turned $100,000 into $287,628 to win the...

BERWICK — Heller’s Gas employees recently donated masks to numerous businesses and governmental agencies across Columbia County.

An employee of Heller’s Gas’s corporate office, ...