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Charge restored

News from Berwick - Wed, 03/18/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — A second chance at a first-degree murder charge proved to be all prosecutors needed Tuesday afternoon, as a judge agreed there was enough evidence to make accused killer Michael Crimi...

B.A.L.L. temporarily suspends activities

News from Berwick - Wed, 03/18/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Under the recommendation provided by Little League International, Berwick Area Little League has suspended all baseball and softball activities until May 11 at the earliest.

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Commonwealth Health announces restrictions

News from Berwick - Wed, 03/18/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Commonwealth Health on Tuesday announced visitation restrictions for its hospitals and clinics, including the Berwick Hospital Center:

Berwick Retirement Village...

Berwick students can get free meals

News from Berwick - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — All Berwick Area School District students can pick up free lunches and breakfasts from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at all school buildings throughout the state-mandated school closure or...

Seating spaced at Berwick meeting

News from Berwick - Tue, 03/17/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — The chairs for audience members at Monday’s borough council meeting here were carefully spread apart, and one council member attended over Skype as leaders strove to delay the spread...

Berwick proposes tax hike

News from Berwick - Sun, 03/15/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — School directors here are proposing to raise taxes slightly — a move the head of the budget committee says was needed to balance the budget.

The increase will return the tax...

Woman facing charges in missing-child case

News from Berwick - Sat, 03/14/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — A woman accused of sparking an interstate search for her young son after taking him without his guardian’s permission has been arrested.

Magaly Perez, 25,...

Benton’s Vo-Tech plan KO’d

News from Berwick - Thu, 03/12/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Board members at Monday’s meeting here unanimously turned down Benton Area School District’s request to cut the Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech’s offerings to a half day for 10th, 11th and...

Moment of silence opens Berwick meeting

News from Berwick - Thu, 03/12/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — With no fuss, school directors here started their meeting Monday with a moment of silence instead of the Lord’s Prayer.

No one complained.

It was a change — board...

Homeowner faces citations

News from Berwick - Thu, 03/12/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man is accused of failing to keep the exterior of a property and premises free from any accumulation of rubbish or garbage; failing to keep the exterior of a property...

Disorderly conduct is alleged

News from Berwick - Thu, 03/12/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — A borough man allegedly committed an unspecified act that created a hazardous or physically offensive condition that serves no legitimate purpose of the actor on the 100 block of...

Cops: Berwick driver was high on meth and pot

News from Berwick - Wed, 03/11/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Police seized a digital scale containing meth residue and three pipes in a car after pulling over the driver for illegally tinted windows and crossing the center lines of Route 11,...

Berwick to seek new coach

News from Berwick - Tue, 03/10/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — A crowd showed up at the school board meeting to support boys basketball coach Jason Kingery Monday, but it wasn’t enough to save his job.

Minutes after audience members gave...

Top murder charges renewed in tot death

News from Berwick - Tue, 03/10/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Police have refiled first-degree murder charges against a man accused of killing his girlfriend’s toddler, despite his attorneys’ previous objections that prosecutors already had...

Board again says no to Heartland move

News from Berwick - Tue, 03/10/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — For the third time since 2018, Berwick school directors considered leaving the Wyoming Valley athletic conference for the Heartland conference. And for the third time, they shot the...

Berwick man allegedly had drug gear

News from Berwick - Tue, 03/10/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man who asked police to retrieve lemonade from inside his residence sent officers to the spot where he had a paper bag filled with paraphernalia, police said.

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Cops: 60 bags of heroin in Camaro

News from Berwick - Tue, 03/10/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Police found 60 bags of heroin inside a Chevrolet Camaro after pulling over a driver for a scratched off inspection sticker, according to court papers.

Police searched the...

Police: Burglar blurted confession

News from Berwick - Mon, 03/09/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Police say a man facing burglary charges a second time basically confessed when they came to his prison cell to escort him to a hearing.

Joshua Clayton Kingston Jr., 32, had...

Berwick nixes new sump pump rules

News from Berwick - Sun, 03/08/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — For at least the second time, council members here are refusing the Berwick Area Joint Sewer Authority’s request for a new ordinance governing sump pumps.

During their March...

Neighbor sues over fireworks

News from Berwick - Sun, 03/08/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man is suing his neighbor for allegedly putting on an aerial fireworks display that caused damage to the man’s cars last July 4.

Tomix O. Gonzalez, 47, of 1015...