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Last Updated: August 2, 2016 - 8:57pm

BERWICK – A man was burning trash in a pot-bellied stove in his garage off Lasalle Street Tuesday evening when flames spread, gutting the building, fire officials say.

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Last Updated: August 2, 2016 - 5:37pm

SCOTT TWP. — A man who died after overdosing in the Press Enterprise men's room had just purchased $10 worth of possibly tainted heroin from an Orangeville man, police say.

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Last Updated: July 30, 2016 - 9:26pm

SALEM TWP. — Police were searching for a robbery suspect after the Food Express here was held up by a man wearing a parka and a florescent yellow ski mask Saturday night, witnesses said...

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Last Updated: July 26, 2016 - 11:55am

DANVILLE – The Montour Preserve will receive $200,000 in state money to help keep the outdoor recreation site near Washingtonville open.

State Sen. John R. Gordner, R-Berwick, and...

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Last Updated: July 25, 2016 - 5:28pm

BERWICK — Robbers struck a house on Front Street and the Medicine Shoppe on Pine Street Monday.

No one was hurt in either incident, and police said the general public isn’t in any...

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Last Updated: July 25, 2016 - 4:21pm

ESPY — Mary Auman heard a loud commotion in her home Monday afternoon, walked to her living room and discovered a tree branch poking through the ceiling.

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Last Updated: July 22, 2016 - 4:50pm

BERWICK — Talen Energy plans to cut 53 jobs at the nuclear power plant here, and just under 30 more at the Montour Steam Electric Station near Washingtonville, a company spokesman says...

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Last Updated: July 21, 2016 - 7:34pm

BERWICK — Less than six weeks after the newly refurbished Ber-Vaughn pool’s grand opening, a thief broke into the office.
The man, who wore a garbage bag over his head during the...

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Last Updated: July 21, 2016 - 12:05pm

BLOOMSBURG — By early next year, 911 calls for Columbia and Montour counties will all be dispatched out of a central hub here, officials announced Thursday.

The merger, a first...

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Last Updated: July 20, 2016 - 2:12pm

BLOOMSBURG — Leaders of the Harrisburg-based Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania have decided to permanently close Camp Louise, citing safety concerns and dilapidated conditions...

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Last Updated: July 18, 2016 - 5:26pm
MAHONING TWP. -- State Police were summoned to the township office here last week after an altercation erupted between a supervisor and the head of the municipal authority, witnesses say.... READ MORE »

Last Updated: July 18, 2016 - 4:28pm

MORELAND TWP. - The body of a man reportedly missing since Thursday was discovered a half mile from his home by a family taking photographs, officials say.

Jesse Steck was found...

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Last Updated: July 16, 2016 - 8:14pm

ELYSBURG — An 8-year-old boy died Saturday afternoon while swimming in the Crystal Pool at Knoebels Amusement Resort, authorities confirmed.
The child, from Lebanon, Pa., was seen...

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Last Updated: July 15, 2016 - 4:47pm

WILKES-BARRE – Twin brothers who were the kingpins of a nationwide anabolic steroid ring based in the basement of their parents’ Berwick home both pleaded guilty Friday to felony charges...

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