News from Berwick
Wed, 03/08/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls from Feb. 19-25.
Feb. 19
• 7:17 a.m. — 300 block East Fourth Street, disturbance
• 8:20 a.m...
Tue, 03/07/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — Tickets for the Berwick girls basketball team’s state playoff game against Jersey Shore will be available at the high school on Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon.
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Sun, 03/05/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — Dana Race was relaxing outside his front door Saturday evening with a rum and Coke and a cigarette when a hurtling SUV came within inches of hitting him.
The tan Ford Explorer...
Sat, 03/04/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — A woman is suing a local funeral home, claiming her mother’s casket was dropped when a strap snapped during the burial.
But Mayo Funeral Home Inc. says Pamela J. Brittain’s...
Thu, 03/02/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — Berwick Councilman Andrew Shecktor has set his sights on a higher office — U.S. Senate.
Shecktor, 60, of 1308 Fairview Ave. sent in the paperwork announcing his candidacy to...
Wed, 03/01/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — A man stole several pieces of inherited jewelry from a woman’s home here, then pawned them at two Bloomsburg shops, one of which had melted the pieces down before the theft was...
Wed, 03/01/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — The 2017 Curry Quarterback Camp will be May 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Crispin Field in Berwick.
Instructors this year will include Jimmy Terwilliger, a...
Tue, 02/28/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — A vandal spray-painted swastikas on a car parked by the curb here.
Claudia Benshoff, 19, said she and her boyfriend, Fred Dourand, 18, are mystified and angry about the damage...
Tue, 02/28/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — A wanted man who led police on a two-county car chase earlier this month tried to bolt for a second time when authorities caught up to him this weekend, they say.
Justin...
Mon, 02/27/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — Four years ago, Ricky Levan Jr. struck a man over the head around 30 times with a kitchen pot here, police say.
But then he skipped out on court hearings and left the area,...