News from Berwick

 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 08/24/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — The new digital radio system for Columbia and Montour counties and the dispatchers using it were key to getting treatment to the 17 victims hurt when a car drove through a crowd Aug....


 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 08/24/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — Dr. Douglas Kupas was at home reading the newspaper when the call came in at 6:15 p.m. Aug. 13.

A car had driven through a crowd at a fundraiser at The Intoxicology Department...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 08/23/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — School directors here are considering giving their bus contractors a boost to make up for soaring gas prices.

They were scheduled to vote during Monday’s special meeting on...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Sat, 08/20/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — A councilman said a proposed sign welcoming visitors to the borough is too artsy. He was out-voted by fellow council members, who agreed to donate $5,000 toward its creation.

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 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 08/19/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — Staff and community leaders say if people want to stop Berwick Hospital from ending its medical services, they need to keep using it.

“We’re still here; the hospital is still...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Thu, 08/18/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — Care for Berwick Clinic Co.’s patients is improving, and employees who weren’t paid have a good chance of getting at least some of the money they’re owed, government watchdogs and an...


 | By M.J. Mahon
Thu, 08/18/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — A sleeping family woke to find their home full of smoke and their kitchen in flames Wednesday.

The family escaped the house along with one of their dogs, but say a second dog...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 08/17/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — Two more people injured when a car plowed into a crowd raising money for the victims of a fire that killed 10 have been released from the hospital, officials said.

Meanwhile,...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Tue, 08/16/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — Sean Murphy was the medalist with a match-low 41 to lead Berwick’s high school golf team to a 176-203 win over Bloomsburg on Monday at Berwick Golf Club.

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 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 08/16/2022 - 00:00

BERWICK — Borough officials started their meeting Monday praying for those who died in the Aug. 5 fire in Nescopeck and the woman who died and those who were injured when a car drove through...