News from Berwick

Sat, 10/03/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Beth Israel Congregation will be holding a Shabbat service at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Pavilion, 1600 Fowler Ave., Berwick.

The service...


Sat, 10/03/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — NC Church, 20 Kachinka Hollow Road, Berwick, will host an Evening of Creative Arts Ministry — Art Workshop on Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17, from 5-8 p.m.

The event...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Thu, 10/01/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — A 26-year-old man allegedly tied the hands of a 12-year-old girl left in his care behind her back and raped her.

He went on to repeatedly sexually assault her over the next...


 | By Julye Wemple
Tue, 09/29/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Hundreds of people will likely be in the stands when the Berwick Bulldogs play their first official home game Friday at Crispin Field.

School officials decided Monday that...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Mon, 09/28/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Jean Torres says keeping appropriate shoes on the feet of his four children is “sometimes complicated.”

Between boxing, volleyball and cross country, his active offspring...


Sun, 09/27/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — First Keystone Community Bank is the local sponsor for a stock market game for students in grades 3-12, according to a press release.

Students can learn how to trade all year...


Sun, 09/27/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Tricia Loomis was recently named head lifeguard at the Berwick YMCA, according to a press release.

Loomis, a graduate of Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech and Penn...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 09/25/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — It looks as if the borough’s fire companies will be able to pay for almost $300,000 in new radios needed for the county’s new digital system without raising taxes or going into debt...


Fri, 09/25/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Columbia County has partnered with the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation to give out $300,000 in block grant COVID-19 relief to 41 nonprofit organizations.

Grant funds...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 09/23/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Someone at Salem Elementary has tested positive for COVID-19 and exposed someone at the high school, but no students were exposed at the elementary, the superintendent says.

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