News from Berwick

 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 11/20/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A drug raid Thursday netted one of the largest amounts of heroin — about 20 bricks worth about $8,000 on the street — ever found in a single bust here, police say.

Jess T....


 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 11/20/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — One of the two young men accused of the armed robbery of Sneidman’s Jewelry in Bloomsburg earlier this year had a history of charges stemming from when he was a minor, police said....


 | By Tim Hare
Fri, 11/20/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Berwick football coach George Curry, whose health has been in obvious decline for months, has confirmed that he has a “neurological disorder.”

At last week’s playoff game...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Thu, 11/19/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Registration for the 106th annual Run for the Diamonds is now open to all runners.

Registration forms can be picked up at the Berwick and Bloomsburg YMCAs, and Harry’s...


 | By Julye Wemple
Thu, 11/19/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A drunken and belligerent Nescopeck man beat up his girlfriend and her 7-year-old son after the boy had a bathroom accident, police say.

Gary Allen Slusser, 43, was drunk when...


 | By Julye Wemple
Thu, 11/19/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — At her arraignment Tuesday night on charges she illegally stored and dumped meth waste at a Berwick trailer, Kathleen Bower told a judge she didn’t know where her five children were...


Thu, 11/19/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Here are Berwick Area High School honor roll students for the first marking period:

Distinguished Honors

Ninth grade — Jacob B....


 | By Julye Wemple
Wed, 11/18/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Jennifer Nevel walked down Fifth Avenue until she got to the police tape.

“I just want to see if it was Michael’s house,” she said.

It was.

Michael...


Wed, 11/18/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — State Police will conduct free child safety-seat checks 3 to 7 p.m. today at Bethany Blessings Christian Preschool, 116 Summerhill Ave., Berwick.

All parents and caregivers...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Mon, 11/16/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick woman accused of pocketing the money from her daughter’s doughnut fundraiser sales was released after spending 18 days in jail.

Julie May Vargo, 1503 Chestnut St.,...