News from Berwick

Fri, 05/25/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man who was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over for a bad headlight near the intersection of West Third and Mack streets was in possession of marijuana, according...


Fri, 05/25/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man who was dancing and hollering obscenities in a parking lot on Front Street here was under the influence of meth, according to court documents.

Berwick Police...


Thu, 05/24/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Berwick Drama Club presents “Narrators Gone Bad” by Kate Mochnacz and directed by Samantha Norton, on June 1, at 6 p.m. at the Berwick High School...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Thu, 05/24/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A woman accused of letting a 2-year-old slip away to a construction site where an excavator was operating agreed to forego her preliminary hearing.

Sandra E....


 | By Julye Wemple
Wed, 05/23/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A motor home’s refrigerator malfunctioned Tuesday afternoon, causing an explosion and fire that destroyed two campers and melted siding on a nearby house, according to officials....


 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 05/23/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — The Berwick Area United Way fund drive brought in $343,700 this year.

That’s a little more than leaders expected when the chapter and the United Way of Wyoming Valley made...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 05/22/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A former borough public works employee who took a $31,032 lump sum payment when he retired may return the money in exchange for being allowed back into the pension program under an...


Tue, 05/22/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Borough employees are forbidden from using cell phones while driving on borough business, even if they’re using hands-free equipment, council decreed Monday.

The new policy...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Mon, 05/21/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Police and a judge gave some advice to a man accused of dancing on the sidewalk while high on meth as his 2-year-old almost ran into traffic.

“You know you overdosed two times...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Mon, 05/21/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man slashed the husband of a woman he was seeing at her apartment about 10 p.m. March 29, according to court documents.

Christopher Ruckle, 34, of 1240 Ferris Ave.,...