News from Berwick

BERWICK — Nearly four years after borough officials condemned the former Berwick Armory over safety concerns, the building is enjoying a new lease on life as a training facility for young...

BERWICK — Mike Lombargo cleared the bases with a key double in the bottom of the fifth inning, and Berwick’s American Legion team earned a walkoff 5-4 win in eight innings on...

BERWICK — Join Penn State Extension Master Gardener Joe Mullen for a free program, “Pruning Conifers” at the McBride Memorial Library, 500 Market St., Berwick, on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Details:...

BERWICK — On June 1 at the Berwick VFW Post 821, five veterans were awarded Quilts of Valor. Their military stories follow:

• John Cremer of Shickshinny served in the...

BERWICK — The Berwick Industrial Development Association (BIDA) has hired Amy J. Shortlidge as a marketing specialist, a press release says.

In the position, she will...

BERWICK — The Berwick Historical Society will be offering a free talk on the Berwick-Nescopeck wooden bridge, which collapsed 115 years ago in the ice jam of 1904.

The PowerPoint...

BERWICK — For the 12th consecutive year, school directors here passed a budget with no tax increase.

Columbia County residents will pay 43.4 mills — a bit above the current rate of 43.2...

BERWICK — All of Berwick’s elementary schools and the high school have a lot of empty space, and the student population is continuing to shrink, Superintendent Wayne Brookhart says.

As...

BERWICK — A lock-in held at the Teen Center in Berwick last month raised more than $6,000 for the ThinkBig Pediatric Cancer Fund.

The organization — which began at the Janet Weis...

BERWICK — A borough man has admitted to appearing in public manifestly under the influence of alcohol to the extent he annoyed persons in his vicinity May 26 in the 1100 block of Third Ave. in...

BERWICK — Here’s the schedule for the 2019 Berwick Area Relay for Life:

FRIDAY

3 p.m. — Music

4 p.m. — Purple/...

BERWICK — Scholarships to attend summer overnight camps for children and teens with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) are now available thanks to a grant from the Berwick Health and Wellness Fund of the...

BERWICK — Bloomsburg beat Berwick 3-2 in eight innings thanks in large to a successful suicide squeeze from Mason Yorty that scored Dylan Harris.

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BERWICK — The lawyer for an informant accused of tipping off drug dealers to a raid last month questioned during a recent hearing whether the police themselves may have inadvertently warned the...

BERWICK — An insurance company is suing Robert A. Bull for payments it says it had to make when his building collapsed, destroying a business there.

Brethren Mutual Insurance Co., of...

BERWICK — Dozens of firefighters quickly contained a blaze in a mobile home here late Monday, but the trailer was extensively damaged, an official said.

Everyone got out of the...

BERWICK — The following civil suits have been filed in the office of District Judge Richard Knecht.

The defendants in such cases sometimes settle claims soon after...

BERWICK — Zach Gordon tripled in the first game, and Joe Delbo and Lane Berkey combined on a one-hitter to lead Danville to a 4-2 win over...

BERWICK — A homeless man fought with two Berwick Police officers who discovered a large quantity of crystal meth and a handgun inside a pickup he was riding in, arrest papers say.

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BERWICK — Look for the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners at Beyond the Blend Market, 137 W. Front St. in Berwick, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, and on the third Saturdays of...