News from Berwick

BERWICK — Police and medics found a distraught woman on the Berwick-Nescopeck Bridge shortly after 8:15 a.m. Friday, officers said.

The woman was taken to Geisinger Bloomsburg for...

BERWICK — A Nescopeck man who police stopped for having deeply tinted windows on his 2009 Pontiac was drunk, police said.

Jeffrey P. Powell, 47, 523 E. Second St.,...

BERWICK — The Central Susquehanna Community Foundation is to hold its Berwick-area luncheon May 31 from noon to 1:30 p.m. The event will take place at Rolling Pines, 335 Golf Course Rd.,...

BERWICK — Berwick’s offense has been uncharacteristically quiet the past couple weeks.

The Bulldogs’ softball team entered Tuesday’s contest having scored just two runs in their last 26...

BERWICK — A 51-year-old man yelling at a live band for not playing music was first kicked out of Berwick Brewing Co. and — after threatening the brewpub owner and a bartender — sent to jail,...

BERWICK — Council members and three residents lambasted Councilman Andrew Shecktor when he once again demanded that the borough pay to fix his sidewalk.

But in the end, the council...

BERWICK — A van jumped a curb along West Front Street, took out a bar’s sign and damaged a pole before coming to rest in a parking lot Monday afternoon.

The crash in front of Bandit’s...

BERWICK — A Berwick man who tried to avoid police as he was walking north on Vine Street Feb. 28 is facing charges of drug dealing and possession of a “throwing star,” an illegal weapon, police...

BERWICK — Police uncovered “a trap house” here — a run-down residence where drug users hang out or live — while looking for a woman whose family had not seen her in nearly a month, arrest...

BERWICK — On April 27 at Jingle Hall in Berwick, seven Marine Corps veterans were awarded Quilts of Valor in honor and recognition of their military service. Their stories follow:

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BERWICK — Atlantic Broadband, the nation’s ninth largest cable operator, is offering Hosted Voice for businesses across its Eastern Pennsylvania service areas, including Berwick, a press...

BERWICK — Karlea Allen, 17, recently earned the Girl Scout Gold Award — the highest honor a Girl Scout can earn — for making a meaningful, sustainable change to her community...

BERWICK — A Berwick man began speaking in a Russian accent and “sounding violent” as he slept with his girlfriend, scaring her enough to leave the residence and call for help, police say.

BERWICK — Councilman Andrew Shecktor says he plans to call for the firing of a borough codes officer after receiving a letter ordering him to repair the broken sidewalk in front of his house....

BERWICK — Brenda Titus says that when she reads comments calling drug addicts scumbags, “It’s like a shot through the heart.”

That’s not how she remembers her son, Jeremy Creasy, who...

BERWICK — A teen is accused of punching a pregnant woman in the head.

Berwick Police were dispatched to 541 Summerhill Ave. around 7:30 p.m. April 25 for a report of an argument that...

BERWICK — Police say they found crystal meth on a man accused of stealing a jug of milk and Tastykake cupcakes from Boyer’s market April 23.

When Berwick Police responded to Boyer’s...

BERWICK — Shaming drug addicts makes it harder for them to recover, says the family of Jeremy Creasy, who died of a fentanyl overdose last June.

“You’re putting labels on people who are...

BERWICK — Three people were taken to area hospitals to be evaluated for possible injuries following a two-car crash in Berwick on Wednesday afternoon at Eighth Street and Fowler Avenue.

BERWICK — A Berwick man was issued a pair of citations recently for allegedly neglecting a pair of dogs.

Angelo Spezialetti Jr., of 621 LaSalle St., was cited April...