News from Berwick

 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Wed, 02/16/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man is accused of stealing another man’s medication and flushing it down the toilet.

Chalid S. Smalls-Stokes, 24, barricaded himself in his room at...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 02/16/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — Berwick Area School District students who attend career and technical classes in other districts will return to Berwick for their core courses, a divided school board decided Monday...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 02/15/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — Starting today, students here no longer have to wear masks in school buildings.

Board members unanimously voted Monday to end the district mask mandate.

They also...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 02/15/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — Prosecutors withdrew charges Monday against a man accused of letting his 2-year-old nephew wander Front Street alone in subfreezing temperatures after child protection workers said...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Mon, 02/14/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — An 18-year-old and her aunt teamed up to steal more than $1,500 from her employer, then talked about their cover story in earshot of the investigating police officer, charges say....


 | By Julye Wemple
Sun, 02/13/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man is behind bars after fatally stabbing another man during a fight late Friday, police say.

Isaiah Scott Newton, 26, admitted using a kitchen knife to stab 28-year...


Sun, 02/13/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — A First Keystone senior trust officer has been named to the advisory board for an investment firm, according to a press release.

Rebecca Hooper, First...


Sat, 02/12/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — A drunken driver who was motoring up Front Street without headlights after dark in January hit another motorist who pulled out from an intersection, police said.

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 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 02/11/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — After Berwick Area Schools students told their parents the district’s Snow Ball was canceled, parents teamed up to put together their own dance.

But Berwick Schools’...


 | By GERI GIBBONS
Fri, 02/11/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — In the next two weeks, Berwick Borough Council will create a “priority list” aimed at making the most of the municipality’s remaining COVID-19 recovery funds.

At Monday’s...