Berlin News

After intense fighting with American soldiers on one front and Soviet soldiers on another, Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945, ending World War II in Europe.

The Somerset County commissioners approved three 2012 community improvement grants as the result of profits generated by the Community Service Recycling Program.

George Richard "Dick" Wetmiller, 87, was born March 16, 1925, in Berlin, Pa., the son of George H. and Elfreda M. Wetmiller.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Patty Pangan, her nurse Sue, and Jean, Aveen, Trisha, Laura and Glenna Jean from Rockingham Hospice for their compassion and care.

Berlin Brothersvalley school district teachers have accepted a wage freeze that is expected to save the district more than $123,000. The memorandum of understanding between Berlin Brothersvalley Education Association and the district was approved by the school board at a meeting Tuesday.

By the time firefighters arrived Wednesday at a burning residence in Fairhope, the more than 100-year-old home was already reduced to a heap of smoldering bricks.

Many Somerset County residents view cuts to post office hours as the lesser of two evils when compared to closures.

A thin, dirty man threatened a 10-year-old Somerset Township girl so badly on Thursday that she got into his van.