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Cemetery hit-run tips sought
BERWICK — Someone crashed a vehicle into six gravestones at Pine Grove Cemetery on Walnut Street here, ripping out their foundations, the cemetery secretary-treasurer says.
Now, board...
Wealth management director hired at bank
BERWICK — First Keystone Community Bank has announced the hiring of Rick Price, CFP, as Senior Vice President, Director of Wealth Management.
Price brings over 23...
Marshman to miss start of season
BERWICK — It turns out the injury report for Berwick football coach Frank Sheptock wasn’t as bad as what some rumors made it out to be.
The Bulldogs’ starting quarterback, Jared...
Biker hurt after pickup hit cycle
BERWICK — A Berwick motorcyclist was taken to the hospital after a pickup truck pulled into his path just after 8 a.m. Thursday, police say.
Robert White, 64, was...
Clinic claims payments owed
BERWICK — Susquehanna Valley Medical Specialties, Bloomsburg, has filed civil complaints in the office of District Judge Richard Knecht against the following...
Court papers say homeless man violated PFA, damaged vehicle
BERWICK — A homeless man allegedly went to the home of a woman who had a protection from abuse order against him, damaged her car and banged on her door demanding she speak with him.
It...
Watch ‘Free Willy’ at Ber-Vaughn Pool
BERWICK — Movie-lovers can enjoy “Free Willy” while sitting in and around the Ber-Vaughn Pool on Saturday during this summer’s second Flick and Float.
The pool is teaming up with the...
Tenant, landlord sue each other
BERWICK — An apartment’s collapsed roof caused over $3,700 in damage to a woman’s property, and she’s suing her landlord to pay for the damages, court papers say.
The landlord,...
Stabbing a surprise to victim
BERWICK — Richard Miller said he had no warning before John Gurns plunged a knife into his back.
Miller was out of the hospital and at the district judge’s office Monday, ready to...
Baseball, softball to sign up this week
BERWICK — Berwick fall baseball and softball sign-ups will be Thursday, Saturday and Monday at Ber-Vaughn Park.
Sign-ups will be 6-7:30 p.m. each night and are open to players ages 5-15...
Judge: ‘That’s not supposed to happen’
BERWICK — A Spanish-speaking defendant accused of choking a woman while police were in the house told a judge that his alleged victim was supposed to arrange for an interpreter to come to his...
Dog kills Berwick fowl
BERWICK — Two weeks after Danielle Busch successfully fought off a councilman’s effort to ban chickens in the borough, more than half her flock is dead.
Five chickens and a duck were...
Baseball, softball to sign up this week
BERWICK — Berwick fall baseball and softball tryouts will be today, Thursday, Saturday and Monday at Ber-Vaughn Park.
Tryouts will be 6-7:30 p.m. each night and are open to players ages...
Berwick man allegedly drove drunk to meeting with police
BERWICK — A Berwick man called police to meet at Burger King on Front Street so he could discuss some “domestic issues.”
When Brian S. Fisher, 42, 262 Iron St., arrived in the parking...
Poker Paddle planned in Berwick
BERWICK — Even the slowest kayakers and canoeists will have a shot at a $500 prize when the third annual Berwick Borough Kayak/Canoe Poker Paddle takes to the water Aug. 19.
Whoever...
Berwickians raise $12G for Snedeker
BERWICK — Berwickians blasted through their fundraising goal for the recent visit by WNEP weatherman Joe Snedeker.
Organizers had hoped to present Snedeker with at...
Police say bystander aided mom in attack
BERWICK — Peter Celona told police he heard a woman screaming for help, then saw her struggling to fight off a man inside an SUV with two small children seated in the back.
So Celona...
Weatherman showered with praise in Berwick
BERWICK — Bob Smith, a 69-year-old veteran from Berwick, was a man on a mission Wednesday.
With his daughter and grandchildren by his side, he had one goal in mind: get a signature from...
Police: Man hit mother in face
BERWICK — An intoxicated man allegedly struck his mother in the face, then became combative and was forced to the ground by officers outside a police station.
Police responded to a 9-1...
Man says he didn’t chase girlfriend
BERWICK — A man accused of chasing a woman with his golf clubs says that never happened, although he did plead guilty to a less serious charge Monday.
Zachary Imperi,...