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Police: DUI suspect at twice legal limit
BERWICK — A drunken driver drove in the middle of two lanes on East Front Street and then nearly hit a parked car on Walnut Street late Nov. 28, charges say.
A patrol officer stopped...
Dawgs get ‘catapult’ win over Blue Jays
BERWICK — It was more than just a win for Berwick.
When the Bulldogs walked off the court after a 64-57 victory over Central Columbia, the win meant more for a struggling program than...
Boulevard rescuer spared holiday shift
BERWICK — One of the men who helped save the Christmas Boulevard this year almost wound up working Christmas Day after he used all his vacation time on the holiday attraction.
But after...
Berwick company sued for $80,200
BERWICK — A contractor has sued a Berwick company for more than $80,200 as payment for a Hurricane Sandy reconstruction project.
Rado Enterprises claims it provided labor and material...
Sheptock hired as MCA’s grid coach
BERWICK — The Mount Carmel school board voted to hire Berwick athletics director Frank Sheptock as its new head football coach, just three weeks after Carm DeFrancesco was voted out as Mount...
Siblings to stand trial in alleged mugging
BERWICK — Two Berwick brothers accused of robbing a disabled man to pay for drugs quietly agreed to face the charges in county court.
Marvin Lee Comstock, 26, and...
Berwick man to pay for threatening cats
BERWICK — A man accused of threatening to burn down a shed full of cats was ordered to pay almost $550 in penalties Thursday.
Thomas Michael Slusser, 53, of 1332 Fairview Ave., Apt. 2N...
Cruiser hit Christmas Boulevard
BERWICK — A police cruiser slipped on an icy road and spun into the Christmas Boulevard display on Market Street here Thursday morning.
Criminal Investigator Gregory Martin and Officer...
Two agree to split for good
BERWICK — Robert Joseph Kressler and Debbie Spivey don’t agree on much, including how Spivey ended up with a badly swollen eye and bruises on her face and body.
She says she awoke to...
*BERWICK — Anyone who can’t…
BERWICK — Anyone who can’t afford a Christmas tree can pick one up free of charge while supplies last, say organizers of the Christmas Boulevard.
The group ended up with some extra...
Run for the Diamond Ring
BERWICK — At this year’s Run for the Diamonds, one of the spectators ended up walking away with a diamond ring when her boyfriend proposed on his way to the finish line.
With just a...
Dawgs win Nespoli tourney
BERWICK — Bri Floryshak scored 13 points for Berwick, and the Bulldogs dropped Hanover, 33-31, to win the Joe Nespoli high school girls basketball tournament on Saturday....
BERWICK POLICE LOG
BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from Nov. 23-29:
Nov. 23
• Midnight — 100 block North Warren Street, drugs
• 2:44 p.m. — 300 block...
Attempted murder suspect has his hearing rescheduled
BERWICK — A driver accused of intentionally running over another man was brought from prison for a court hearing Thursday, but the session was suspended when he said his family was arranging...
DUI charge in deadly crash
BERWICK — Police say the man who killed a newspaper carrier in a car accident was so drunk, he didn’t know where he was.
Aaron C. Kile, 30, of 831 Bottom Road, Millville, is now charged...
Online truancy tough to track
BERWICK — When 15-year-old Rowan Martin left Berwick High School for online classes, she and her mother hoped it would mean an end to her absenteeism.
Her mother, Marna, then of Orange...
‘Craftsmanship’ woven into carpet
BERWICK — The materials and type of weave used in the reproduction carpets at the Jackson Mansion are centuries old but still used today due to their superior qualities, says a manufacturer and...
Historians piece together fix for Jackson Mansion carpet
BERWICK — The Berwick Historical Society had a carpet problem.
But through the society’s contacts and a bit of good fortune, the caretakers of the Jackson Mansion were ready to debut a...
RUN TO REDEMPTION
BERWICK — Nick Hilton didn’t want to feel the same way he did three years ago.
The churning in the pit of Hilton’s stomach after losing the Run for the Diamonds by just 1 second in 2011...
WHITE DIAMONDS
BERWICK — A Wednesday storm dropped a few inches of snow on the area, but it would take more than that to stop the Run for the Diamonds.
It would take 2 feet of snow to do that.??????...