Berwick News

Each of the 101 investors in this year's Adopt-an-Acre program lost $3 due to a stressed tomato crop caused by blight and heavy amounts of rain.

The Northeast Pennsylvania Homeless Alliance , working with Agape, is sponsoring a public forum at 6:30 p.m., Thursday in the auditorium of Bloomsburg Area High School to call attention to the local problem of homelessness.

A family is mourning the loss of their loved one who died from H1N1, or swine, flu.

Still, she says, the borough keeps citing her. "No matter what I say, no matter what I do, I'm always going to be in the wrong," she says.

More money is coming to fund the project to fix up the LaSalle Street neighborhood.

A Nescopeck woman driving a Lexus sheared a utility pole, hit a parked car and flipped twice in the air Sunday along Route 11 near Park Road, witnesses said.

District Judge Richard Cashman, who spent 22 years on the bench in Berwick, is retiring Dec.

In Columbia County a charity golf tournament held to benefit some disabled co-workers now has the organizer of the event facing criminal charges.

Jim Timbrell would push for fewer regulations on property and talk the town up to put it in a positive light.

Size Does Matter: This machine and fabricating shop found a way to efficiently process off-road and civil construction component parts that were too large for standard machining centers.

Brian Roger Fish, the music teacher accused of fondling a 14-year-old, could lose his pension if convicted, according to a state official.

A woman from Luzerne County was killed Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash. Police in Salem Township said Rosemary Kline, 63, of Shickshinny was headed north on Route 11 near Berwick when her car collided with a southbound pick-up truck.

Officials at the Berwick Area School District unveiled a new security system Wednesday to better protect 3,000 students.

The Berwick Area School District now scans all visitors' driver's licenses to get a brief background check in a matter of seconds.

Sitting in a bar one night in Bloomsburg, Tim Farley and a former bandmate discussed what to call their newest venture.

The proposal to bring a solar farm to the Milton Industrial Park might have stalled in a bureaucratic entanglement if not for a number of politicians who helped regulators overcome worries about the potential affect of the project on an endangered species of toad, chamber of commerce officials said Friday.

BERWICK: The Berwick Area Chapter of AARP will meet Wednesday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

A Valley lawmaker is concerned the state may find itself in the same situation next year with budget talks and believes legislators should begin thinking of the funding and bill beginning in February.

A therapy dog, known for his work at Ground Zero in New York City, will be undergoing tests to determine if he will be a good candidate for a hearing aid.

That's bad news because Timmy, who works as a service dog for his disabled owner and a therapy dog at hospitals, has a job to do.