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Christmas Boulevard session is Wednesday

News from Berwick - Sat, 09/26/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Anyone interested in helping create this year’s Christmas Boulevard should show up at the Berwick Jaycees building for a meeting Wednesday, says the organizer.

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Police found dad passed out

News from Berwick - Fri, 09/25/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — When police responded to a report of a young child unattended outside a home here, officers found a passed out man who later told police he had smoked synthetic marijuana.

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Girl, 8, gathers donations to get peek in Jackson Mansion

News from Berwick - Fri, 09/25/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — An 8-year-old girl is so anxious to see the entire Jackson Mansion, she is paying for some of the restoration herself.

Jayde Bafile is the youngest antique sponsor for the...

Mother defends counterfeit suspect

News from Berwick - Thu, 09/24/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A woman who used counterfeit $100 bills at several Scott Township stores didn’t know the money was fake, according to her mother.

Sara Elizabeth Rimmer, 20, got the money from...

Woman accused of DUI in Berwick crash

News from Berwick - Wed, 09/23/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — After a Nescopeck-area woman crashed into a parked truck early Sept. 5, she went to a home to alert the truck’s owner, police say.

But when officers arrived, they suspected...

Nescopeck man found passed out drunk in pickup truck, police say

News from Berwick - Wed, 09/23/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A man found passed out in a pickup outside the Burger King here registered an intoxication level nearly triple the driving limit, plus told police he had taken anxiety pills that...

Lawsuit: Berwick Offray selling copied lace ribbon

News from Berwick - Mon, 09/21/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Berwick Offray is selling a lace ribbon with a pattern identical to a design created by a longtime supplier, a copyright lawsuit says.

Offray’s Lucy ribbon bears a pattern...

BERWICK POLICE LOG

News from Berwick - Sat, 09/19/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from Sept. 6-12:

Sept. 6

•3:11 a.m. — 500 block West Second Street, disturbance

•11:19 a.m. — 1600...

Police: Accused to pay $10G

News from Berwick - Sat, 09/19/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — The owners of a popular Chinese restaurant finally got “peace of mind” when the man accused of burglarizing their home agreed to pay $10,000 in restitution, plus provide information...

Bikers agree to a plea deal

News from Berwick - Fri, 09/18/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A man accused of pulling a gun on motorcyclists who annoyed him with the noise from their bikes saw several counts dismissed recently after his alleged victims agreed to a plea...

Berwick looking to play Southern in ‘16

News from Berwick - Thu, 09/17/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A change in Berwick’s football schedule, and a proposed change to the structure of the PIAA football system, could give area football fans a game they’ve wanted for nearly 20 years —...

Dawgs ‘super fan’ still banned

News from Berwick - Tue, 09/15/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Bulldog “super fan” who was banned from attending home football games over his involvement in a recruiting effort earlier this year still won’t be allowed in the stands this season...

Laptop battery ignites trash

News from Berwick - Mon, 09/14/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A crew collecting trash in the borough had to stop its route recently because a laptop battery caught fire after it apparently cracked during compacting.

The man riding on the...

Beating suspect back behind bars

News from Berwick - Sun, 09/13/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Clayton Drasher Jr. is back in jail on new assault charges a week after pleading guilty to severely beating a woman in Salem Township.

Drasher, 42, of 217 W...

BERWICK POLICE LOG

News from Berwick - Sat, 09/12/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5:

Aug. 30

•7:31 a.m. — 1100 block First Avenue, theft

•9:54 a.m. — 300 block...

Coroner is searching for dead man’s family

News from Berwick - Fri, 09/11/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — The Columbia County Coroner’s Office is looking for any relatives of the late Howard Gearhart, 73, of Lark Drive, Lot 12, Berlin’s Trailer Court.

Gearhart...

South Centre vandalism suspect pleads

News from Berwick - Fri, 09/11/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A man accused of stealing a dry-erase marker from the South Centre Township Police station, then using it to vandalize the building and sidewalk, saw most of the charges dropped in a...

Man facing new assault case

News from Berwick - Thu, 09/10/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Five days after pleading guilty to violently beating one woman, Clayton Drasher Jr. is wanted for allegedly attacking another.

It was the latest in a string of domestic...

Evidence stashed in Berwick

News from Berwick - Thu, 09/10/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — The day after he shot his girlfriend’s estranged husband in the back and dumped the body in the woods,Eleazar “Quest” Yisrael drove the dead man’s car to Berwick, police say.

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Alleged victims insist attack didn’t happen

News from Berwick - Thu, 09/10/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A district judge dismissed most of the charges against a man accused of attacking his girlfriend after the alleged victims told very different stories than police say they told the...