News from Berwick

Fri, 03/25/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — An erratic driver had a half-smoked joint in the car and a open bottle of Busch beer, authorities say.

A passenger in Paul T. Jaffin’s 2011 Chevrolet Impala...


Fri, 03/25/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — Deadlines are fast approaching for those who want to sponsor or participate in the fourth annual Celebrate Berwick festival Saturday, May 14.

Businesses, non-profit...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Fri, 03/25/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man whose house was raided Thursday has “admitted to manufacturing unique homemade explosives,” police report.

Larry Reichenbach, 48, of 1007 LaSalle St. was...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Thu, 03/24/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — Seventy-four years ago, Joe Massina says, he test-drove Stuart tanks fresh from the AC&F up and down Orange Street here.

On Wednesday, the Mifflinville man watched as a...


Thu, 03/24/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Bloomsburg resident alleges a Bloomsburg pair owes more than $5,000 in a civil complaint filed in the office of District Judge Richard W. Knecht.

Such...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 03/23/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — When Karen Richards saw construction trucks for a sewer project creeping toward her candy store on West Third Street last week, her heart dropped.

Easter was approaching — the...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 03/23/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man on state parole for drug dealing was arrested again Tuesday for having heroin, police say.

Nicholas Carl Whitenight, 33, of 224 Hughes St. ran...


 | By Michael Lester
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — A woman in cardiac arrest was saved by a quick-thinking dentist and her staff.

It all started with a phone call to the Berwick Dental Clinic at the Eagles Building on Feb. 22...


Tue, 03/22/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Salem Township man who was driving drunk did not have a license for a loaded.40-caliber Smith & Wesson found in his SUV after it struck a sign post at the Turkey Hill here,...


Mon, 03/21/2016 - 00:00

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from March 6-12:

March 6

• 1:47 a.m. — 500 block West Front Street, motor vehicle accident

• 10:44 a....