News from Berwick

Thu, 12/03/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man who had been barred from possessing firearms was charged with illegally having a shotgun and a pistol in his vehicle when stopped for speeding here, arrest papers say....


 | By Susan Schwartz
Sun, 11/29/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — It’s a sure bet the founders of First Christian Church never would have predicted this.

The once white building at 120 Cemetery St. here has become the home of a globe-...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Sun, 11/29/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — The coronavirus pandemic has driven dozens of Berwick Area Schools students to online charter schools, and that has left the district with a projected $1.9 million hole in its budget...


Sat, 11/28/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — The Advent season will be ushered in on Sunday by Pastor Gary Barraco at the First Reformed United Church of Christ, 301 W. Second St., with the lighting of the...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Sat, 11/28/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — A drunken woman writhing on the ground after midnight in front of a house where she said she lived and screaming to be let in was instead jailed when residents of the home asked...


 | By Julye Wemple
Fri, 11/27/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — The 111th Run for the Diamonds was noticeably smaller than its predecessors. Some runners and spectators skipped the festivities amid a surge in coronavirus cases locally and across...


 | By Julye Wemple
Fri, 11/27/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Two men allegedly caught looting a senior center in separate incidents just days apart were arrested after police recognized both of them on surveillance videos.

Henry Louis...


 | By Julye Wemple
Fri, 11/27/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — The Run for the Diamonds crowned two new champions Thursday morning, with a first-time runner edging out a four-time champion in the last mile to take the crown.

Simon Smith,...


 | By Julye Wemple
Thu, 11/26/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Two men upset and claiming they were sold fake marijuana broke into a house and robbed the residents at knifepoint, police say.

Joshua Jay Snyder and Robert Shafer, both 19,...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 11/25/2020 - 00:00

BERWICK — Two bar owners announced Tuesday they would flout Gov. Tom Wolf’s order to stop selling alcohol at 5 p.m. today, but later said they got such a vicious backlash, they decided to obey...