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Cops: Woman tried to hit another

News from Berwick - Sat, 06/30/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick woman who was attempting to retrieve a box of clothes from a home here damaged a storm door and tried to punch another woman in front of a police officer, according to court...

Pregnant girlfriend was choked unconscious, authorities say

News from Berwick - Sat, 06/30/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man choked his pregnant girlfriend until she lost consciousness, according to court documents.

Berwick Police responded to 77 Hellers Hill Road for the June 21...

Driver in KB wreck charged with DUI

News from Berwick - Fri, 06/29/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Wapwallopen woman who drove her car into the KB Dollar Store on West Front Street on June 17 has been charged with drunken driving, police said.

Carissa Novak...

Teen’s charges move to juvenile court

News from Berwick - Fri, 06/29/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A 16-year-old who was charged as an adult when police received a report that he body-slammed his mother and barricaded himself inside his house with guns has been moved to the...

Man is denied zoning change needed for self-storage units

News from Berwick - Thu, 06/28/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A man who planned to put up two self-storage units on a vacant piece of property near a former hydroponics store says he will instead install two mobile homes after he was turned down...

Fundraiser set Saturday

News from Berwick - Thu, 06/28/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — The family of Temprince Avera is holding a fundraiser Saturday to help pay for travel and other expenses related to the toddler’s treatment.

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Boy charged as adult in fracas

News from Berwick - Thu, 06/28/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A couple called 9-1-1 hoping to get help for their raging teenage son, but instead, the boy was charged as an adult and sent to Columbia County Prison, the family’s attorney says....

Police: Berwick’s man BAC was over three times the limit

News from Berwick - Wed, 06/27/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man who police say drove up onto the sidewalk and nearly hit a tree at about 10:30 p.m. on June 14, had a blood-alcohol concentration over three times the legal limit,...

Traffic stop ends in drug charges

News from Berwick - Wed, 06/27/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man stopped for an inoperable registration light was found to have a small amount of marijuana and paraphernalia, police said.

According to police, Matthew...

Police: Drunken driver ran stop sign

News from Berwick - Wed, 06/27/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man who failed to stop at a stop sign the night of June 15 was under the influence of alcohol, police said.

David Davis, 55, of 110 Market St.,...

Allied Services physical-rehab clinic is planned for Berwick

News from Berwick - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Allied Services is planning to open a new physical rehabilitation center here, a company official told the zoning board recently.

The new facility at 118 E. Third St. would...

Police: Bloom man caught with heroin, meth

News from Berwick - Mon, 06/25/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Bloomsburg man pulled over after a drug deal had heroin and meth with him, police say.

Police watched as Scott R. Kandrot, 41, of 44 W. Fourth St., bought...

Police: Woman found passed out in car had heroin

News from Berwick - Mon, 06/25/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A woman had heroin and other items with her when she and a man were found passed out in a car, police say.

Ashley D. Rovenolt, 21, of 1238 Orange St., told...

RCV Majors win D13 opener

News from Berwick - Mon, 06/25/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Hunter Sharrow hit two home runs to lead RCV’s Major Division all-stars to a 12-2, five-inning win over Warrior Run in the District 13 Little League baseball...

No-show penalty shelved for study

News from Berwick - Mon, 06/25/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A proposal to withhold pay from council members who miss more than two council meetings per year was put on hold when the borough solicitor said he thought a stricter rule was already...

BIDA leader to retire June 30

News from Berwick - Sun, 06/24/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — After 29 years with the Berwick Industrial Development Association, Stephen Phillips has announced he will be retiring at the end of this month.

Phillips’...

Bloomsburg takes down Shamokin

News from Berwick - Sun, 06/24/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Dylan Kreisher drove in four runs, and Charlie Foust, Bradyn Zeisloft and Hughie Curran knocked in a pair of...

Dawgs’ Montana named best in PA

News from Berwick - Fri, 06/22/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Berwick track and field star Payden Montana was named the Gatorade Pennsylvania Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year on Thursday.

Montana becomes the first athlete in...

Hospital appeals to council

News from Berwick - Fri, 06/22/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Berwick Hospital Center has fewer patients who go to the emergency room by ambulance, and leaders worry it may be because of who owns the borough’s primary ambulance service.

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Berwick moving against tenants

News from Berwick - Thu, 06/21/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Council members instructed their attorney to take legal steps that would force a landlord to evict tenants who have been the subject of repeated complaints by neighbors, even though...