News from Berwick

BERWICK — This borough is bringing a new twist to the poker runs popular with motorcyclists — Berwick plans to host a similar contest for canoeists and kayakers.

The first Berwick...

BERWICK — Borough Police say they have warrants for these traffic and parking offenders:

• Alyssa Ann Apfel, 47 Second Lane, Berwick, traffic

• Joshua...

BERWICK — A woman says her ex-fiancé swung a sledgehammer toward her while arguing in their yard.

Veronica Fundock was “visibly shaken” when officers arrived at 230 E. 16th St. here...

BERWICK — Police have dropped the most serious charges against a rural Berwick man who they say was carrying a large amount of marijuana and dumped some of it on his floor when questioned by an...

BERWICK — A Berwick man reached into a car and slugged the driver in the face while the driver’s two children watched, court papers say.

Pepper Robbins II, 23, of 535 E. 16th St. says...

BERWICK — A Berwick man accused of causing a meth explosion that burned a trailer and sent him to the hospital with third-degree burns last year will now face trial.

Daniel Earl Willis...

BERWICK — Those living within 10 miles of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Plant can pick up potassium iodide pills Thursday, Aug. 6, from 2-7 p.m. at the Salvation Army, 320 W. Second St.,...

BERWICK — A Domino’s pizza driver failed to make his final delivery of the night July 2 — a $10.99 medium pie — and did not turn in the $256 he collected throughout his shift, police say....

BERWICK — The borough was taking steps to condemn a trailer after firefighters responded to a stove fire there Tuesday.

A flare-up started on the kitchen stove around noon, causing...

BERWICK — A driver who attracted attention when he rolled through a stop sign allegedly led police on a nearly 2-mile chase, even after two of his tires blew out when he struck a curb.

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BERWICK — A child playing with a cigarette lighter accidentally started the Front Street fire that left nine people homeless Sunday, officials say.

The 6-year-old boy had gotten hold of...

BERWICK — Four adults and five children were chased from a home here Sunday morning after fire ripped through their double house.

One firefighter was taken to the hospital with burns to...

BERWICK — A woman was badly hurt and broke a leg after she slipped and fell on her neighbors’ icy sidewalk, a new lawsuit says.

Chandra Fink suffered “severe, painful and permanent...

BERWICK — A constable who collected money from people with arrest warrants pocketed the cash and never turned the warrants back in to be canceled, according to charges.

Jason Wall, of...

BERWICK — A former Berwick Area school director believes the district shouldn’t pay for two recent change orders at the new elementary school.

But school officials say they have faith...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from July 12-18:

July 12

•5:49 a.m. — 200 block East Fifth Street, domestic

•8:29 a.m. — West Front...

BERWICK — A man is accused of groping a woman outside her house after she left a bar with friends.

When the woman arrived at her house on West Second Street and her friends walked away...

BERWICK — A Berwick fuel company is suing its insurance carrier for refusing to cover sinkhole damages to its storage facility near Harrisburg, a federal lawsuit says.

Heller’s Gas...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from July 5-11:

July 5

•12:33 a.m. — 600 block North Vine Street, assist fire department

•1:27 a.m...

BERWICK — A mother accused of being part of a meth-making ring with her husband and daughter cried after agreeing to send her charges to county court Tuesday.

Donna Hamilton, 48, of 15...