News from Berwick

Thu, 06/02/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls from May 22-28:

May 22

• 1:43 a.m. — East Second and Pine streets, suspicious person

• 10:46...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Thu, 06/02/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Shickshinny man told a judge he had “a couple DUIs” on his record when arraigned Wednesday for another alleged DUI here after he took off when police tried to pull him over.

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Wed, 06/01/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — McBride Memorial Library holds its annual book sale Saturday, with a sneak preview Friday night.

It costs $5 to get into the preview, which runs from 5 to 8 p.m.

The...


Wed, 06/01/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — The Berwick YMCA is offering free fitness classes through Saturday for the general public as well as members.

Classes include all the land fitness classes, such as Boot Camp,...


Wed, 06/01/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — Lawrence W. Cope, 60, of 55 Kings Point, Bloomsburg, pled guilty to harassing Susan Frazier, 57, after pushing her at their home at 4:29 p.m. May 5....


 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 05/31/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — A driver kicked her passenger out of the car and tried to run him down, witnesses said, but instead the vehicle hit a utility pole, ripped the electric wires from a councilman’s house...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Mon, 05/30/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — Police officers here may soon be sporting new uniforms with washable bulletproof vests and new badges.

Officials said the new uniforms were a compromise between the officers...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Sun, 05/29/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — Cats will have to be on leashes or in cages when they leave their owners’ properties, and live chickens will be outlawed altogether under a new ordinance being considered by council...


 | By Michael Lester
Fri, 05/27/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — Rick McFadden lay face down and unconscious in the middle of Route 11 in Shickshinny “bleeding everywhere” last Father’s Day.

A motorcycle crash in a rain storm had left the...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 05/27/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man accused of conspiring to operate a meth lab reluctantly agreed to waive his preliminary hearing recently because no attorney had been appointed for him.

Justin...