News from Berwick

 | By GERI GIBBONS
Wed, 10/20/2021 - 00:00

BERWICK — A cooking fire here Tuesday evening filled an apartment with smoke, but there was no damage to the residence.

Fire Chief Gene Boone said ...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Wed, 10/20/2021 - 00:00

BERWICK — The Berwick Area United Way has started a new program to get beds for local children after leaders learned many are sleeping on couches, sharing beds with siblings, and sleeping on...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 10/19/2021 - 00:00

BERWICK — Fire Chief Randy Remphrey said he is stepping down from his post while recovering from a partial leg amputation due to his diabetes.

Council members here voted unanimously...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Tue, 10/19/2021 - 00:00

BERWICK — Police busted a drug ring here this weekend that has been importing heroin or fentanyl from Philadelphia and selling it for months, they say.

Wesley R. Sutton, 27, of 221 W....


 | By Susan Schwartz
Mon, 10/18/2021 - 00:00

BERWICK — Borough Council has voted to table a sizable payment to a contractor working on Butternut Street, saying the work is behind schedule.

But the contractor, Umbriac Trucking,...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Mon, 10/18/2021 - 00:00

BERWICK — Columbia County and its insurance company agreed to pay sheriff’s Deputy Kristie Rospendowski $190,000 to drop her federal sexual discrimination lawsuit against county Sheriff Tim...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Mon, 10/18/2021 - 00:00

BERWICK — Online registration is now open for the Run for the Diamonds, which will be held in Berwick on Nov. 25 at 10 a.m.

The race will be run in waves again this year due to the...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Sun, 10/17/2021 - 00:00

BERWICK — Two borough Catholic churches will team up to honor service members while raising money for their spiritual care.

For $5, church members and the general public can have the...


Sat, 10/16/2021 - 00:00

BERWICK — Online registration is now open for the Run for the Diamonds, which will be held in Berwick on Nov. 25 at 10 a.m.

The race will be run in waves again this year due to the...


 | By M.J. Mahon
Fri, 10/15/2021 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Coal Township man facing charges of rape of a minor will see more charges against him after police say he kicked a hole in wall of a holding room at District Judge Richard...