News from Berwick
Tue, 07/28/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — A child playing with a cigarette lighter accidentally started the Front Street fire that left nine people homeless Sunday, officials say.
The 6-year-old boy had gotten hold of...
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — A woman was badly hurt and broke a leg after she slipped and fell on her neighbors’ icy sidewalk, a new lawsuit says.
Chandra Fink suffered “severe, painful and permanent...
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — Four adults and five children were chased from a home here Sunday morning after fire ripped through their double house.
One firefighter was taken to the hospital with burns to...
Sun, 07/26/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — A constable who collected money from people with arrest warrants pocketed the cash and never turned the warrants back in to be canceled, according to charges.
Jason Wall, of...
Sat, 07/25/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — A former Berwick Area school director believes the district shouldn’t pay for two recent change orders at the new elementary school.
But school officials say they have faith...
Fri, 07/24/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from July 12-18:
July 12
•5:49 a.m. — 200 block East Fifth Street, domestic
•8:29 a.m. — West Front...
Thu, 07/23/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — A Berwick fuel company is suing its insurance carrier for refusing to cover sinkhole damages to its storage facility near Harrisburg, a federal lawsuit says.
Heller’s Gas...
Thu, 07/23/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — A man is accused of groping a woman outside her house after she left a bar with friends.
When the woman arrived at her house on West Second Street and her friends walked away...
Wed, 07/22/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — A mother accused of being part of a meth-making ring with her husband and daughter cried after agreeing to send her charges to county court Tuesday.
Donna Hamilton, 48, of 15...
Wed, 07/22/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from July 5-11:
July 5
•12:33 a.m. — 600 block North Vine Street, assist fire department
•1:27 a.m...