News from Berwick

 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 06/27/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A man accused of shooting his former housemate agreed to face the charges in county court.

Devin James Hampton, 28, got a warm hug from his father after he...


Tue, 06/27/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls from June 11-17.

June 11

• 12:52 a.m. — 1900 block Fairview Avenue, 9-1-1 hang up

• 2:11 a.m...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Mon, 06/26/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A man wanted for the alleged rape of a special-needs teenage girl surrendered to police last night and was jailed.

Lucas Rivera Contreras, 24, of Apt. 2, 801 Pine St., had...


Mon, 06/26/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Here are Berwick Middle School honor roll students for the fourth marking period:

Distinguished Honors

Fifth grade —Rebecca...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Sun, 06/25/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man is wanted for the alleged rape of a young girl here, authorities said Saturday.

Police are looking for Lucas Rivera Contreras, 24, of 801 Pine St., and believe...


Sun, 06/25/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — York rabbittransit has been awarded a grant from the Berwick Health and Wellness Fund of the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation. The funding will be used to launch a small pilot...


 | By MADELINE MESSA
Thu, 06/22/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Eventually, Berwick Police Chief Ken Strish would like to see naloxone kits that reverse overdoses become as common around the area as the AEDs that help fight heart attacks.

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 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Thu, 06/22/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A man who allegedly escaped from a prison halfway house near Harrisburg, stole a car and crashed it in Briar Creek Township quietly agreed to face the charges in county court.

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Thu, 06/22/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick fire company has been cited for illegally operating games of chance and failing to clean its beer taps.

The Ranger Hose Company, 208 E. Front St., Berwick, allegedly...


Thu, 06/22/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Police responding to a 9-1-1 hang-up call found a mother hiding in her bedroom with a bruise on her face and her “highly intoxicated” son sitting in the kitchen.

When police...