News from Berwick

 | By Julye Wemple
Wed, 08/12/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Even as Joshua Hovancak was apologizing for leading police on a 2-mile chase — his pickup allegedly loaded with meth supplies and pot — he was asking a judge to let him out of jail....


Tue, 08/11/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Fred Berlin has filed complaints against tenants here, seeking unpaid rent, court records show. Berlin is seeking:

• $1,440 from Mae Conn and Mary R...


 | By Julye Wemple
Tue, 08/11/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — An extensive search for a Berwick man was abruptly called off Sunday night when police discovered a mobile meth lab in a backpack, they say.

Todd Forshey allegedly abandoned...


 | By Gary Pang
Mon, 08/10/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A woman has secured a protection-from-abuse order against her ex-fiancé after he allegedly swung a sledgehammer at her.

Joel Bryan Williams, 57, missed Veronica Fundock, 50, “...


Mon, 08/10/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Rescuers launched boats to search the river for a possible drowning victim late Sunday.

Around 10 p.m., emergency dispatchers received a report of a missing man who was...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Mon, 08/10/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Despite the flashing red-and-blue lights on the police car tailing her, a woman kept right on driving along borough streets for more than a mile, officers say.

Christland...


Sun, 08/09/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — The Central Susquehanna Community Foundation has named Kara G. Seesholtz Director of Donor Relations and Communications.

Seesholtz has been with the...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Sat, 08/08/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A long-standing feud between two Berwick men erupted in gunfire Thursday, and now one is in jail charged with attempted homicide.

Roy “Chief” James III, 36, 622 W. Front St.,...


Fri, 08/07/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Berwick Police responded to these calls from July 29 to Aug. 2:

July 29

• 12:55 a.m. — 100 block North Mulberry Street, harassment by communication...


Thu, 08/06/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from July 19-25:

July 19

•2:29 a.m. — 200 block East 14th Street, suspicious person

•7:21 a.m. — 500...