Susan Schwartz grew up in Colorado. She moved to Pennsylvania in 1996 with plans to stay a year, but fell in love with the stories she found here. She believes knowledge is power — with enough information, people can solve any problem.
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Published on January 25, 2020 - Page 1
BRIAR CREEK TWP. — A landlady here faces charges after police say she broke into the house she had rented out, stole her tenant’s belongings, and...
Published on January 24, 2020 - Page 1
BERWICK — The owner of the damaged building overlooking Sponsler’s Park was ordered to pay $543.50 in fines and costs after he failed to come up with...
Published on January 22, 2020 - Page 1
SALEM TWP. — Leaders of the fire company here say they’re interested in the township’s proposal to take over their finances, but they’ll need to put...
Published on January 22, 2020 - Page 3
There’s a solid Berwick-area connection to the story about the nuns at the Elysburg monastery who were rescued by public donations after the wood...
Published on January 21, 2020 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Council members here sounded eager Monday night to back off a plan to potentially euthanize unlicensed cats, but the alternative will...
Published on January 21, 2020 - Page 3
BERWICK — An 18-year-old was rushed to Geisinger Medical Center Monday after he reportedly jumped out of a moving vehicle, according to police here...
Published on January 20, 2020 - Page 1
BERWICK — Fire chased a family of three out of its aging mobile home and into the freezing dark Sunday night. One of the residents of the home a...
Published on January 20, 2020 - Page 1
ELYSBURG — An amusment park, two municipalities, the Bloomsburg Fair and dozens of area residents have come to the aid of cloistered nuns who were on...
Published on January 19, 2020 - Page 1
VALLEY TWP. — A tractor-trailer jack-knifed on westbound Interstate 80 here, rolling onto its side and blocking both lanes for nearly seven hours....
Published on January 16, 2020 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — Laurie McCants says she never regretted forgoing the neon lights of Broadway to pursue theater off Main Street here in small-town...
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Published on December 26, 2019 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — An anonymous tipster helped police track down a man wanted for allegedly holding his ex-girlfriend captive for two hours and threatening...
Published on December 27, 2019 - Page 1
BERWICK — Senior citizens seeking a variance to build a new storage shed for their popular thrift shop flew through the zoning board hearing in...
Published on December 28, 2019 - Page 5
BERWICK — Borough council members here agreed to pay $700 to remove trees on a property at Summerhill and Chestnut streets owned by Helena Shultz...
Published on December 29, 2019 - Page 1
ELYSBURG — A community of 16 sequestered nuns is in danger of running out of the wood they depend on to heat their convent. Volunteers who have been...
Published on January 1, 2020 - Page 3
Jane Hower, once of Bloomsburg, now of Renton, Wash., was rummaging through some boxes when she came upon an old Berwick map, apparently made in 1976...
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