News from Berwick

 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 02/14/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Two boys and a man accused of firing high-powered pellet guns into a house were scheduled to be released after spending a week in county jail.

Only one had to post bail:...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Mon, 02/13/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Arrests dropped here last year, even while calls for police help went up.

That’s because crime is down, said Chief Kenneth Strish, who recently compiled his department’s...


Sun, 02/12/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Elaine Woodland, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of First Keystone Community Bank, recently graduated from an intensive one-year program as a...


Sun, 02/12/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has named Laura Micewski as new Senior Resident Inspector at the Susquehanna nuclear plant. She joins Resident Inspector Travis...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Sat, 02/11/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — Motorists traveling local roads over the next few days may encounter the first of two gigantic turbines slowly making its way to a natural gas plant under construction near here....


 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 02/10/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A nurse who says the Berwick Hospital Center cut her hours in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment actually saw her hours and pay increase afterward, the hospital said.

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 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Fri, 02/10/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A leaking tank dumped between 75 and 100 gallons of fuel oil in a trailer court here Wednesday night, firefighters reported.

A neighbor noticed fuel oil leaking from the tank...


Fri, 02/10/2017 - 00:00

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

Distinguished Honors

Ninth grade — John Arndt...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Thu, 02/09/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — The search for new police officers may soon be on again after the last full-time hire quit only three days into the job, officials said.

Jeff Taylor, a military veteran with...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Thu, 02/09/2017 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick woman’s death last week has been ruled a drug overdose, the first to be reported in Columbia County this year.

Sherry Lunger, 46, died at Geisinger Medical Center...