News from Berwick

BERWICK — Scicchitano’s Pizza reopened this past week despite a legal fight over ownership of the restaurant.

The dispute stems from what owners Joey and Mari Scicchitano say was a “...

BERWICK — Jim Hock said he and his wife, Bonnie, had just opened up Bella’s Boutique at the corner of Orange and Arch streets on Friday morning when they...

BERWICK — The borough’s emergency management coordinator, Greg Harkins, says a rotten smell that wafted over Berwick between Front Street and Susquehanna Avenue Monday appears to have been...

BERWICK — After 15 years, 18 demolitions and 24 new homes, Berwick’s neighborhood revitalization project on the West End came to an end Friday morning with a celebratory ribbon-cutting and tour...

BERWICK — A Berwick man barged into a home Aug. 4 and demanded money from a couple who had given him $50 earlier that day so he could feed his children, court papers say.

Shawn Michael...

BERWICK — A popup thunderstorm sent up to 5 inches of water crashing down on Berwick and the surrounding area in just over an hour Thursday, flooding streets and basements and knocking out...

BERWICK — Two people seen briefly stopping at a house in the 500 block of Pine Street, which Berwick police had been watching for suspected drug activity, were both charged with having crystal...

BERWICK — Superintendent Wayne Brookhart will be retiring at the end of next summer, before school starts, he announced during Monday’s board meeting.

“I wanted to make sure you weren’t...

BERWICK — A Bloomsburg man accused of falsely reporting that an intoxicated man was threatening people with a gun at Test Track Park said Monday that while he never saw a weapon, the man did...

BERWICK — Friday will be the public’s last chance to tour one of the new energy-efficient houses built in the West End here.

The tour of 513 LaSalle St. is part of a ceremony...

BERWICK — A lawsuit filed by a couple of accident victims against a drunken driver and a restaurant that served him has been settled.

Court papers show the attorney for Rhea...

BERWICK — Downtown business owners here could get grant money to fix up their facades, but only if enough people apply for the program.

The steering committee for Berwick: The Next Step...

BERWICK — A man charged with exposing himself to a 14-year-old girl during a video chat quietly agreed Monday to face charges in county court.

Jay L. Fowler, 36, of...

BERWICK — A Berwick man who was charged after he allegedly punched a man who intervened during a domestic dispute at the library last month has allowed his case to be moved to county court....

BERWICK — A homeless man found rolling around in the middle of East Third street and hallucinating was intoxicated, police said.

Dylan James Talanca, 27, was charged...

BERWICK — The Berwick girls’ varsity tennis team will begin practice today at the high school courts from 3-5 p.m., with a parent/ athlete meeting at 5.

Starting the next day, there...

BERWICK — A driver who crashed into a utility pole and sign in front of Dawg’s Deli in June was drunk, police say.

Matthew T. Bower, 31, wasn’t injured in the 1:15 a.m...

BERWICK — A Bloomsburg man falsely reported to police that an intoxicated person was at the Test Track Park threatening people with a firearm on July 3, police said.

Police responded...

BERWICK — A man from Northumberland County was charged with driving while impaired by methamphetamine with an 18-month-old child in the car during a traffic stop here, arrest papers say.

BERWICK — A Wapwallopen man was caught on surveillance video stealing a large screen TV and a lawn mower, police said.

John R. Crispell, 43, of 232 Maple Road, is charged with criminal...