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BERWICK — A distinctive red bottle of Liquid Fire and a salt container poked out of a blue bag in the basement of 519 E. Ninth St. here, an officer testified Tuesday.

In the master...

BERWICK — Truancy complaints were recently filed against these people for allowing student absences without a valid excuse, court records show.

• Stefanie Davis, 406...

BERWICK — The Columbia Montour Hospice has received a $10,000 grant from the Berwick Health and Wellness Fund of the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation to support grieving children and...

BERWICK — Property taxes here will not be going up after all.

During a special meeting Tuesday, council members decided to reject the 7 percent increase that was in their preliminary...

BERWICK — A Berwick man trying to retrieve his cell phone decided to enter a woman’s residence by removing an air conditioner, police say.

Edward A. Setzer, 56, now finds himself facing...

BERWICK — Borough property taxes here are going up 7 percent next year, mostly due to rising health insurance costs, according to a proposed budget.

Taxes are scheduled to go up 1 mill...

BERWICK — A welder has sued his landlords for $97,000 over a leaky roof that caused water damage to his equipment, a lawsuit says.

Michael Whitmire claims they ignored his requests to...

BERWICK — Berwick Hospital Center recently announced its 2015 Employee and Managers of the Year.

Fred Fenstemaker, an employee since 1995, was named the Employee of...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from Dec. 13-19:

Dec. 13

•11:09 a.m. — 300 block East 11th Street, criminal mischief

•2:29 p.m. —...

BERWICK — A fast-moving fire left a man and his guest homeless the day after Christmas.

The fire at 1200 Susquehanna Ave. was initially reported at 1:53 p.m. as a popped circuit breaker...

BERWICK — State Police were asking the public for help finding a 17-year-old girl who disappeared Christmas Eve.

Christina Miller left her home at 265 Sandy Valley...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls from Dec. 6-12:

Dec. 6

•10:04 a.m. — 1200 block Ruhmel’s Lane, suspicious truck

•11:30 a.m...

BERWICK — The day 12-year-old Jenna Seferyn learned the tooth fairy was made up and maybe the guy in the big red suit wasn’t real either, she cried.

But then she made a Christmas wish...

BERWICK — Mahoning Township’s police chief is now facing trial on charges related to the alleged huffing of compressed gas while on duty.

Chad D. Thomas, 41, is...

BERWICK — Council members gave retiring football coach George Curry a standing ovation and a plaque recognizing his 455 victories on the football field.

“But your...

BERWICK — Lee Benjamin Jr. showed up at Monday’s council meeting with about 20 parents and children, asking the borough to call off its request for a court to shut down the youth athletic...

BERWICK — A man accused of participating in a heroin ring says he had cleaned himself up before being lured back into drug use by people he met at support groups.

Matthew Robert Eggler...

BERWICK — A woman who had been kicked out by her boyfriend was hunkering down to stay in a local park with her five small children this fall, a domestic violence advocate says.

Staff...

BERWICK — Area landlords filed complaints against their tenants recently, according to court papers filed here.

• Ronald and Mary Edwards were ordered to pay $2,703 in...

BERWICK — A driver pulled over for an expired inspection sticker turned out to be high on pot and in possession of heroin, needles and other drug paraphernalia, police say.

A trooper...