News from Berwick

BERWICK — Susquehanna Avenue will be closed from 1 p.m. until about 2 p.m. Saturday between Oak and Warren streets for racers in the Beyond Violence 5K run/walk.

Participants will be...

BERWICK — A couple from Colorado and the wife of a lieutenant at the Columbia County Prison allegedly teamed up to snatch a 5-year-old boy after bursting into a home Tuesday.

Taken...

BERWICK — Wise Foods is planning a plant expansion here that managers hope will lead to new jobs.

And local officials pointed to the new owners’ willingness to invest in improvements as...

BERWICK — A motion to censure school director Rick Knorr was withdrawn Monday after he apologized for cursing at fellow board member Maryann Kovalewski.

Knorr also maintained he did...

BERWICK — Lucille Whitmire was a politician who wasn’t afraid to tell you what she thought or where she stood, even if she knew it wasn’t what you wanted to hear.

But she was also...

BERWICK — A Bloomsburg company says a contractor failed to pay it for removing 160 feet of asbestos from a Berwick home.

Forrester Environmental Inc., 260 Chicks Lane...

BERWICK — Several landlords have filed complaints against tenants, according to court papers here.

•UMH Properties,89 Valley Drive, Berwick, filed againstDeborah H. Flick, 63 Paradise...

BERWICK — A 10-year-old boy fled to a neighbor’s home as his parents broke glasses and physically attacked each other, court papers say.

Now both parents, James W. Kishbaugh,...

BERWICK — A witness spotted two burglars in the act, reported it to police, and two Berwick men were later collared near the scene, court papers say.

A tipster called authorities about...

BERWICK — A Berwick woman was groped repeatedly by a man who walked into her home — uninvited —through an unlocked back door, police say.

Giovannie Monserrate, 31, of 733 First St.,...

BERWICK — Through a system of fraudulent accounts and bad checks, a Berwick man bilked local banks out of more than $8,300, court papers say.

Daniel Bonaventura, 50, had been moving...

BERWICK — Here are Berwick High School honor roll students for the second marking period:

Distinguished Honors

• Ninth grade — Isabella Arndt...

BERWICK — MetroCast Business Services says it’s offering new, faster Internet speeds to business customers.

MetroCast has raised its top business-class Internet speed in each of the...

BERWICK — A peek behind a forbidden door inspired one Berwick student to help special education students nationwide. A strict baseball coach helped instill the discipline another needed to...

BERWICK — Four new alumni will be inducted into the Berwick Area Academic Hall of Fame during a ceremony at 4 p.m. today

The event will be held at the Berwick High auditorium, and the...

BERWICK — Residents near the demolition project for the new elementary school feared for their safety Thursday, when winds up to 35 mph sent debris through their neighborhood.

But a...

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

April 12

•12:36 a.m. — 300 block LaSalle Street, domestic

•3:54 a.m. — 400 block...

BERWICK — Just because the Stuart Tank Committee almost has enough money to bring home a tank doesn’t mean it can stop fundraising.

It still needs approximately $15,000 to buy and ship...

BERWICK — Four new alumni will be inducted into the Berwick Area Academic Hall of Fame on Saturday at 4 p.m.

The public is invited to the event at the Berwick High auditorium.

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BERWICK — Local history buffs who have been trying for 11 years to permanently bring a Berwick-built Stuart tank back here suddenly find themselves with not one, but two candidates in their...