News from Berwick

BERWICK — Berwick school officials have filed a truancy complaint with District Judge Richard W. Knecht.

Amanda Colon, 801 LaSalle St., Berwick,...

BERWICK — Work continues on renovations to Nescopeck Elementary, school officials say.

The Rupp house by the school has been demolished. The vacant property will be used as a staging...

BERWICK — A woman is accused of violating a protection from abuse order after breaking a window at her ex-husband’s home while attempting to get custody of their children, court papers say....

BERWICK — WVIA Public Media and Box Of Light will present the Sit Next To Me Film Festival on Saturday at 2 p.m., at the Berwick Theatre. The festival of original films, created by students...

BERWICK — A man is accused of using his grandmother’s ATM card to steal $651 from her bank account, court papers say.

Robin McCormick went to First Keystone Bank in...

BERWICK — Shamokin/ Mount Carmel’s Damon Dowkus belted a two-run home run, and Quinn Rollman added two hits in a 3-2 victory over Berwick in American Legion...

BERWICK — When Bob Smith was fighting in the Vietnam War, he says, he was careful not to bond too quickly with the new soldiers assigned to his platoon — he feared they would be killed.

BERWICK — A Berwick man who drove his car down an embankment at about 3:30 p.m. Feb. 15, told police he had hit a patch of ice, court records indicate.

But, when police couldn’t locate...

BERWICK — Two passengers in a car stopped for a broken headlight were taken into custody after police found drugs and learned of warrants against them, arrest papers say.

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BERWICK — A UPS truck recently delivered the last shipment of women’s clothing to JoAnn’s Clothes Corner and Gift Shop in downtown Berwick.

Owners JoAnn and Paul Torsella usually order...

BERWICK — David C. Champ II, 51, has been legally banned from Berwick Brewing Co., and must pay a $1,500 fine and court costs, a judge ruled Monday.

Champ, of 1538 Orange St. Apt. B,...

BERWICK — Two residents of Steel Street showed up at Monday’s council meeting to express concerns about plans to build a rain garden there to relieve flooding.

“I never heard the rain...

BERWICK — Council members voted to increase the fine for parking tickets to $25.

However if violators pay it within 48 hours, the price will be reduced to $10, they decided during their...

BERWICK — A Berwick woman stopped by police May 2 told authorities she used straws to snort her prescription medication, according to court papers.

Here is what police say happened:...

BERWICK — Susquehanna Valley Diagnostic Imaging, Bloomsburg, has filed civil complaints in the office of District Judge Richard W. Knecht seeking payments for...

BERWICK — A four-way race for three Berwick council seats this fall seems likely after a write-in candidate appears to have won a place on the Democratic ballot.

Raymond Bores...

BERWICK — The Curry Quarterback Camp will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Crispin Field in Berwick.

The camp, in its 28th year in existence, has hosted over 6,000...

BERWICK — It appears the race for school board here is over after Democratic and Republican voters chose the same five candidates as their nominees, according to unofficial results Tuesday....

BERWICK — Peter Talanca, Jay Jarrett and Scott Bower have won the Republican nod in the race for three available seats on Berwick’s borough council, according to unofficial results Tuesday....

BERWICK — A man arrested in a “trap house” doesn’t have to post bail to be released on his drug charges, but remains imprisoned on a domestic violence warrant, a prosecutor says.

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