Berwick News

Three-year-old Wilson Clough climbed into the cab of a nine-foot-tall monster truck on Saturday and looked in wonder at the crowd he towered over as he sat in the driver's seat of the modified 1947 Dodge pickup.

The only thing Nichole Fecteau wanted to do Tuesday was clean out a crawl space in the attic and put in some new insulation.

General Douglas MacArthur, in his famous farewell to Congress in 1952, quoted the old U.S. Army ballad "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away." The same can be said of U.S. flags, which is why a local company has started a project to help make sure neither soldiers, nor the symbol they fight for, is ever forgotten.

Therese A. Buckley, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at her home in South Berwick. She was born Sept.

A Newington firefighter could face departmental discipline following a second arrest for alleged drunken driving.

It's late at Portsmouth High School and the marching band is having another rehearsal.

Even the most well-meaning moms make missteps. But that doesn't mean we can't get back on track.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 BERWICK, Maine - An event to honor Veterans will be held on Sunday Nov.

Seeing the long-abandoned Old Woolen Mill transformed into one of the only affordable senior housing buildings in southern Maine was the "miracle of a lifetime." So said 92-year-old Robert Pickett during the mill's official opening Monday.

The town has joined Kittery in applying for a $500,000 block grant to help residents weatherize their homes and make them more energy efficient.

A two-story home was gutted in a fire that started when no one was home Friday night.

Police say no local 3-year-olds have been abducted in a Mitsubishi Eclipse recently, despite what your Facebook friend might tell you.

Police from at least four communities were involved in an apparent manhunt Tuesday night near a home on Knights Pond Road in South Berwick, Maine.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a series of special stories previewing key elections this fall.

A 19-year-old Berwick man is facing charges he robbed the Kennebunk Savings Bank after showing a semiautomatic pistol.

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Police are searching for a man who may have brandished a gun during a bank robbery at Kennebunk Savings Bank at about 9:40 a.m. this morning.

Firefighters responded to a two-alarm house fire early Thursday morning. A fire was reported at 2:16 a.m. on Thursday by the occupants at the single-family home of Nash Winter and Stan and Amy Beck at 583 River Road.

Due to the huge success of last year's Neighborly Craft Fair in North Berwick, Maine and the continued economic hardship for many of our citizens, we will repeat the Neighborly Craft Fair at the Primary School on Saturday, Nov.

Police arrested one man who allegedly stole a wood chipper and charged a previously arrested Eliot teenager with 11 additional crimes.