News from NESCOPECK
Published on July 29, 2019 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — The driver of a box truck failed to stop for slowed traffic here, causing a chain-reaction three-vehicle crash that sent a Berwick man to...
Published on July 13, 2019 - Page 7
NESCOPECK — The Briggs Farm Blues Festival marks its 22th year this summer. The annual music gathering began Thursday and continues through Sunday...
Published on June 24, 2019 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Crowds of parents dropping off students at Nescopeck Elementary School, combined with school staff parking on both sides of the street,...
Published on June 16, 2019 - Page 4
NESCOPECK — Repairs to the main water line serving about 600 borough customers was repaired Saturday morning, but a precautionary boil advisory will...
Published on June 12, 2019 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A water main break disrupted service to about 600 customers here Tuesday, prompting a boil-water advisory until further notice....
Published on May 31, 2019 - Page 7
NESCOPECK — First United Church of Christ and Mount Zion United Church of Christ are honoring the Rev. Richard Dennison, who is retiring after 30...
Published on May 7, 2019 - Page 10
NESCOPECK — The Hope Center here is giving away free clothes from noon to 4 p.m. today through Thursday. The center is at 650 Harter Ave. here.
Published on April 25, 2019 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A railroad crossing here has delayed traffic three times in the past four months, but township officials say they’re working to fix it....
Published on April 22, 2019 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — A borough man has been cited after an alleged dispute with a woman Saturday. Skylar Matash, 25, is accused of harassing a 26-year-old...
Published on March 23, 2019 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Residents in and around this borough enjoy the lowest average car insurance rates in Luzerne County, according to a State of Auto...
Published on February 21, 2019 - Page 13
NESCOPECK — The Briggs Farm Blues Festival is celebrating this year’s 50th anniversary of Woodstock. “Briggstock,” a special show that’s free for...
Published on February 8, 2019 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A man used plastic salad bowls with water to douse the flames blossoming from a vacant house next door, but the fire rose up again and...
Published on December 20, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — When borough Police Chief Richard Haraschak started work Wednesday morning, several reports of break-ins into unlocked vehicles were...
Published on December 13, 2018 - Page 6
NESCOPECK — Carolers are meeting at the corner of Third and Broad streets here Friday to sing amidst luminaries. The harmonies will start at 7 p.m....
Published on October 19, 2018 - Page 6
NESCOPECK — A free seminar designed to train teachers, home-school parents, church program directors and others is set for 9:30 a.m. Sunday at...
Published on September 9, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A man driving himself to Careworks Urgent Care in Bloomsburg Saturday apparently lost consciousness on the way and crashed his truck into...
Published on September 4, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — The AMVETS post here isn’t closed after all —members are just closing its bar and haven’t been checking anywhere for messages, the vice...
Published on September 3, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — It appears that elementary students will continue to be taught at the borough school here, and the renovations to keep the building in...
Published on September 1, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — It appears the AMVETS Post 93 here has closed its doors. Representatives of the club, which supported veterans, approached Berwick Mayor...
Published on August 30, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — The Cooper House’s days are numbered — and so are its windows. The landmark stone house along Route 93 at the entrance to the borough...
Published on August 9, 2018 - Page 12
NESCOPECK — Rescuers held a tarp and an umbrella over an injured motorcyclist Wednesday afternoon to protect him from the rain after he collided with...
Published on July 4, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — The Riverside Car Wash here is struggling to overcome vandalism that’s making it difficult for the business to grow and expand, its owner...
Published on June 28, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — She’s not quite 2 years old, but Temprince Avera already bears scars from a lifelong battle with cancer. There’s the line across her...
Published on June 7, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A man arguing with his girlfriend over dinner grabbed several knives and threatened to slit her throat while the couple’s 2-year-old...
Published on May 3, 2018 - Page 6
NESCOPECK — A hoagie sale will take place at the Nescopeck Fire Co. on Warren Street Friday and Saturday. Regular hoagies are $3, roast beef is $4....
Published on April 18, 2018 - Page 7
NESCOPECK — An altercation over a cell phone erupted while a group gathered for a campfire along Kelchner Road last month and resulted in four...
Published on April 14, 2018 - Page 11
NESCOPECK — The Cooper House is one step closer to the wrecking ball. Council members have opened bids for the demolition of the 201-year-old stone...
Published on April 7, 2018 - Page 4
NESCOPECK — Doreen’s Closet at the Hope Center will be closed Tuesday and Thursday. Manager Dee Deibert said donors shouldn’t drop off clothes or...
Published on March 8, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A borough man was arrested after he clobbered his girlfriend on the back of her head and knocked her unconscious while she was holding...
Published on March 7, 2018 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — A homeless couple told employees of Polock’s Pizza here that they were robbed on their way home from Florida, police say. But when...
Published on February 27, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Residents here broke into surprised applause Monday night when Superintendent Wayne Brookhart announced that Nescopeck Elementary will...
Published on February 13, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — The Cooper House here is one of four buildings added to this year’s statewide Pennsylvania At Risk list, a statewide preservation group...
Published on February 5, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A Salem Township rescue truck on the way to an accident got into one of its own after a car pulled into its path on a snow-covered Route...
Published on February 5, 2018 - Page 5
NESCOPECK — More than 2,500 customers here and in the Beach Haven-Wapwallopen area lost electric service on Super Bowl Sunday, according to PPL’s...
Published on February 3, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A Nescopeck man allegedly used a forged letterhead to request about $70,000 in tax reimbursements from the Pennsylvania Treasury, court...
Published on January 23, 2018 - Page 4
NESCOPECK — Abandoned receipts led a police sergeant to a woman who left cat feces and other trash in Dumpsters meant for recyclables at the borough...
Published on January 17, 2018 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Someone left cat feces and other trash in two Dumpsters meant for recyclables at the borough building, but police quickly identified the...
Published on January 11, 2018 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — An overnight leak in a grill-sized propane tank here caused a districtwide two-hour delay Wednesday morning. The valve on a recently-...
Published on December 24, 2017 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Some of Cory Ash’s speed-shooting opponents were so impressed with his talent firing a gun, they offered to pay him to give them some...
Published on November 2, 2017 - Page 1
NESCOPECK —About 90 Nescopeck-area residents who grilled school board candidates about the fate of their elementary school were rewarded when all...
Published on October 22, 2017 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — The landmark Cooper House is once again in the path of a wrecking ball. To help preservationists, the borough council had voted to put...
Published on September 16, 2017 - Page 7
NESCOPECK — Residents used computer software to track the whereabouts of a missing $600 tablet, and a woman was charged with stealing it, court...
Published on September 15, 2017 - Page 5
NESCOPECK — A Nescopeck man is accused of welfare fraud, according to the state Office of the Inspector General. Isaiah L. Hays is accused of $970...
Published on August 19, 2017 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — Unless a buyer comes forward with a plan that council members like, the 200-year-old Cooper House will be forced to close its doors....
Published on August 12, 2017 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — More than a month after council members requested proposals for saving the Cooper House, only one group has responded: The Nescopeck Area...
Published on July 12, 2017 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A dog wash and sandwich shop featuring health smoothies will soon be part of a longtime car wash here. Dan Kerb says the family-owned...
Published on July 4, 2017 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A new architect’s study says closing Nescopeck Elementary School would save the district money and give students more educational...
Published on June 13, 2017 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — Two Nescopeck residents suffered injuries Monday morning when their pickup hit a utility pole in the borough, according to State Police...
Published on June 13, 2017 - Page 9
NESCOPECK — Council members here say they want to preserve the Cooper House, but they still aren’t ready to declare it historically significant, a...
Published on June 11, 2017 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — The organizer of an effort to save the Cooper House is asking residents to come to the Nescopeck Borough meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, when...