News from Berwick

Fri, 12/18/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man choked and struck the mother of his child as he tried to pry the baby away from her as she fed the boy, police said.

Robert W. Terry, 27, told...


Thu, 12/17/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — The Berwick Anti-Drug Alliance is looking for ideas from residents for its 2016 programs.

The group is holding its organizational meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at McBride Memorial...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Thu, 12/17/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — The Bulldogs will have a new leader roaming the sidelines next fall — Frank Sheptock, the district’s athletic director and the former football coach for Wilkes University.

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 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 12/16/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Briar Creek couple must pay $3,941 in penalties plus give up their dogs after authorities allegedly found two dogs and a puppy starving and in filth.

But James Foust and...


 | By Gary Pang
Wed, 12/16/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A heavy box fell off a high shelf and struck a Kmart shopper in the head, a lawsuit claims.

Patricia Strzelecki of South Centre Township says she suffered a concussion, “...


 | By Julye Wemple
Tue, 12/15/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A mother of three caught peddling heroin with her boyfriend will now stand trial in county court.

Rose M. Stokes, 26, has been jailed since her arrest Nov....


 | By Julye Wemple
Mon, 12/14/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK —Kathleen Bower got to hold her two smallest children for the first time in months during a recent court appearance.

Bower, 24 and the mother of five, managed to give her 3-...


 | By John-Erik Koslosky
Sun, 12/13/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Tumbling prices for recycled plastics and metal have brought an end to drop-offs at Team Green in Berwick.

The business is no longer accepting plastics, metal, glass,...


Sun, 12/13/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Commonwealth Health Berwick Hospital Center has been recognized as a 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, leading accreditor of health care...


 | By Kristin Baver
Sat, 12/12/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A heroin-addicted father was running a methamphetamine lab on East Ninth Street here with the help of a roommate and the mother of one of his children, police say.

Aaron Paul...