News from Berwick

Sun, 03/11/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Dave Witchey, treasurer of the Berwick Area United Way, admits he’s nervous about the proposal to merge with the United Way of Wyoming Valley.

But he’s even more worried about...


 | By Julye Wemple
Sat, 03/10/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — An electrical fire tore through a small, two-story home near the West Berwick Elementary School Friday morning, damaging its living room.

Neighbor Denise Foss said she was...


 | By Kristin Baver
Sat, 03/10/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Police have arrested a third suspect in an early Thursday home invasion, but the fourth man wanted in connection with the crime is still at large.

On Friday, a judge arraigned...


 | By GERI GIBBONS
Fri, 03/09/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — When Dr. Roger Crake was only 6 years old, he decided during a visit to his pediatrician’s office that he wanted to be a doctor.

“We still have a picture with him at 6 with a...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 03/09/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Officers are searching for a robber who talked his victims into binding them with zip ties by pretending to be a police officer, court papers say.

Joshua Daniel Depew, 36, of...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Thu, 03/08/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A mother and father are locked up in Columbia County Prison after a juvenile allegedly found a notebook in their home with writings depicting the sexual abuse of a child and...


Thu, 03/08/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man who was allegedly racing a car while riding his motorcycle was under the influence of a controlled substance, according to court papers.

Police said ...


Wed, 03/07/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Nanticoke woman allegedly left the scene of a crash on Feb. 16, telling the other driver that was involved that she had to get back to work, according to court documents.

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 | By GERI GIBBONS
Tue, 03/06/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — “Who would have thought that a kid from Berwick could make it onto the world stage,” Olympian Jayson Terdiman asked students Monday at Salem Elementary School.

Participating...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 03/06/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A podiatrist accused of leaving the scene after backing into another vehicle pleaded guilty to two minor offenses in a deal Monday.

Jody Kubicki, 48, pleaded...