News from Berwick

Sun, 09/23/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man stopped by police for retail theft was in possession of heroin and paraphernalia, officers said.

Berwick Police were called to Boyer’s Food Market at about 6 p....


 | By Susan Schwartz
Sat, 09/22/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Some former tenants of the Masonic Building that partially collapsed Wednesday say it had been leaking badly for years.

Bill Vezendy was a volunteer with the Berwick...


Sat, 09/22/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Workers began demolishing the remains of the Masonic Building Friday, despite what officials said was a last-ditch effort to save the oldest, front part of the structure.

On...


Sat, 09/22/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Thursday night house fire on West Front Street was accidental, caused by one of the owner’s adult sons smoking in the attic, said the Berwick fire chief.

The son was using...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Fri, 09/21/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick woman involved in a domestic dispute punched a police officer in the face and then kicked him with both feet as he was attempting to help her up from the ground, according...


Fri, 09/21/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — An 18-year-old caught in the rubble of a collapsing building said he’s glad to be alive, but is worried about a classmate badly injured in the accident.

“I’m trying to stay...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 09/21/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A lawyer for the family of a 17-year-old girl critically hurt in a partial building collapse stopped the demolition of what remained so he could collect evidence Thursday.

But...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Fri, 09/21/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — George Guthrie and wife Misty Johnson were on the first floor of their two-story house at 1413 W. Front St. Thursday when his phone rang.

George’s son, also in the house, had...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Fri, 09/21/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Griffin Bower scored a pair of goals for Millville, and Caleb Temple and Tyler Johnson also netted goals for the Quakers in a 4-1...


 | By Julye Wemple
Thu, 09/20/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — The roof of a three-story downtown building collapsed Wednesday afternoon, showering bricks and debris onto the street and sending four people in vehicles below to the hospital.

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