BERWICK — A lighted makeup mirror caught fire Tuesday afternoon, chasing an 85-year-old woman out of her home, firefighters said.
Nancy DeFebo won’t be able to return to her house at 173 Park Blvd. until it’s cleaned and repaired, said firefighter David Deitrich. Meanwhile, her cat is missing.
It's a big night tonight for small elections.
Voters are choosing the next county commissioners, school board members, borough and town council members and township supervisors throughout the region. We'll keep tallies here on Tuesday night, updating as election-night results are available after the polls close at 8 p.m.
Here are the races we'll be following. Candidates are listed in the order they appear on the ballot. Winners, according to unofficial results are in bold:
CATAWISSA — A house fire killed one woman and sent person to the hospital early Saturday morning here.
The fire started at 319 N. Third St., Catawissa, around 3:20 this morning. The callers to 9-1-1 reported that someone was trapped in the house, and as fires crews arrived, they found a man fighting the fire with a garden hose, according to Catawissa Fire Chief Dale Hendricks.
Geisinger EMS took that man to the hospital.
HEMLOCK TWP. — A garbage truck making its morning rounds went off the road before dawn Monday and hit a utility pole, killing a 21-year-old man, officials said.
The accident happened around 5:15 a.m. in front of 415 Frosty Valley Road.
BLOOMSBURG – Thunderstorms bringing high winds and heavy rain downed trees across Columbia and Montour counties Thursday, leading to road closures, causing power outages, and knocking the 911 phone system out of service.
Jeremy Brown, Director at East Central Emergency Network, said a fiber optic line was cut somewhere compromising service for Verizon customers in several counties.
BERWICK — A kitchen fire, started by accident Saturday morning when cardboard boxes were left on an electric stove, forced about a dozen people to evacuate a large multi-unit apartment building.
Fire alarms went off shortly before 8 a.m. in the four-story building that once housed the old Berwick Hospital at 1599 N. Mulberry St.
MIFFLIN TWP. — A helicopter crop dusting a cornfield crashed Saturday morning, killing the pilot.
Theodore “Ted” Farwell, 39, was working for his family company Triple F Flying when his small helicopter apparently clipped an electric wire, said his brother, Joe Farwell.
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BLOOMSBURG — A suspicious package created a brouhaha at both the Columbia County Courthouse and Bloomsburg Post Office on Wednesday, after officials couldn’t determine what was inside it and summoned a bomb squad.
BLOOMSBURG —A judge has ordered the Bloomsburg Fair Raceway to shut down days after a hearing was held in county court.
Visiting Judge William Amesbury granted the town’s request for an injunction in an order filed Monday morning.
BEAR GAP — An overnight blaze here Sunday quickly engulfed a large two-story garage and adjacent storage shed at a secluded woodland residence just south of Knoebels Amusement Resort in Ralpho Township.