BERWICK — Council members here passed a new ordinance banning tractor truck trailers, utility trailers, box trucks and other vehicles from most of Berwick’s streets Monday night, but promised to modify it after half a dozen residents showed up to protest.
Meanwhile, Mayor Tim Burke says he might veto the ordinance unless council makes changes to lessen the burden on drivers.
DANVILLE — Geisinger today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Jaewon Ryu as president and chief executive officer.
Ryu has served as interim president and CEO since November 2018 and executive vice president and chief medical officer since September 2016. He becomes the seventh chief executive officer in Geisinger’s 104-year history.
He succeeds Dr. David T. Feinberg, who left Geisinger earlier this year to assume a leadership role at Google.
UNION TWP. — Heavy rain the day after a tar-and-chip job on a state highway led to a mess Tuesday, shutting down a section of Route 239 and sending PennDOT crews scrambling to find a solution.
The road from Huntington Mills to near Shickshinny was freshly tarred and chipped on Monday.
Tuesday, water got under that tar, said PennDOT Safety Press Officer Mike Taluto. It began bunching up on drivers’ tires.
Mail carrier Ed Cragle said he had driven his Dodge Grand Caravan along his usual mail route on Monday with no problems.
DANVILLE — Motorists in Northumberland and Montour Counties are advised Interstate 80 is closed in both directions between Exits 212 B (I-180 West-Williamsport) and 224 (Route 54/Danville) due to two separate vehicle crashes.
Westbound traffic is being detoured onto Route 54 west, Route 254 east, Route 147 north back to I-80 at the Milton interchange, exit 212.
Eastbound traffic is being detoured at Exit 215 to Route 254 east, Route 54 east and back to I-80 at the Danville interchange, exit 224.
BLOOMSBURG — An injured deer had to be shot by police after it wandered into the downtown Salvation Army store on Monday morning.
The deer bolted skittishly into a back room, knocking over racks of clothing and other sales items Monday morning, police said.
Bloomsburg Acting Police Chief Lenny Rogutski said the animal appeared to be a large doe — possibly a yearling that had been separated from its mother.
NESCOPECK — Repairs to the main water line serving about 600 borough customers was repaired Saturday morning, but a precautionary boil advisory will remain in effect for at least another day, officials said.
The water line break, which happened Tuesday morning, was under the Susquehanna River. Crews had to build a coffer dam to expose the rupture before repairs could be started Friday, said officials with Pennsylvania American Water.
Portable water tanks were set up at the Sunoco gas station on West Third Street, where customers could fill their own containers.
DANVILLE — Work on a railroad crossing in Riverside created a traffic tie-up both there and here Friday afternoon, as the lane on the Route 54 Danville-Riverside bridge leading to Riverside was shut down, and traffic on the lane heading to Danville was restricted.
The restrictions are so that Norfolk Southern Railroad Co can replace the railroad crossing on Route 54 — Elysburg Road — just off the Danville-Riverside bridge in Riverside Borough.
UPDATE: Police say she has been located.
A 17-year-old from Bloomsburg has gone missing, police say.
Lacey Danielle Bradshaw, 17, is approximately 5-foot-2 and 115 pounds. Bradshaw has shoulder length, reddish-brown hair and hazel eyes.
She was last seen at her residence in Bloomsburg and has not had contact with her guardian since 5 p.m. on Thursday. Anyone with information on Bradshaw's location is asked to contact the Bloomsburg Police at 570-784-6300.
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — A thief used a stolen pickup to steal three zero-turn grass mowers and a 16-foot trailer from C.H. Waltz and Sons mower dealership early Wednesday.
South Centre Township Police say a red Exmark 60-inch mower, an orange Kubota 54-inch mower, an orange Kubota 60-inch mower and a black 16-foot trailer were stolen from C.H. Waltz’s sales lot on Industrial Drive around 1 a.m. Wednesday. The stolen equipment was worth about $20,000 total.
The pickup used in the burglary was stolen earlier from Heller’s Gas in Scott Township.
NESCOPECK — Water to large sections of the borough of Nescopeck dried up Tuesday after a 12-inch water main under the Susquehanna River sprung a leak, officials say.
Pennsylvania American is now trying to pinpoint the leak to repair it, said Greg Freitas of Luzerne County Emergency Management Agency.
Crews have laid 3,000 feet of hose across the Berwick-Nescopeck bridge to provide some low-pressure water service to residents. But Pennsylvania American warned that anyone who can get water out of their taps should boil it before using it.