Editorial: Another business closes its doors in city’s downtown
Gloria Jean’s Café and Bakery shut its doors for good on Saturday, making yet another business gone from downtown Belleville. She had been in the new shopping center next to[…]
School Board reelects Pearce president, Gerick secretary
At the Jan. 13 organizational meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the board unanimously re-elected Amy Pearce as president and Darlene Loyer-Gerick as secretary. The board[…]
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Court Watching
James Glenn Stamper James Glenn Stamper, 55, of Van Buren Township was arraigned by video on March 28 by Magistrate Hindman while in custody of the Sumpter Township Police Department.[…]
Keystone Academy board defends school discipline practices
At the end of the Jan. 9 meeting of the Keystone Academy Board of Directors, president Steve Harsant asked for another item to be added to the agenda. At the[…]
Volunteers needed to help search watershed for winter stoneflies
The Huron River Watershed Council is seeking voluntters to search the watershed for winter stoneflies at 9 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18. Bundle up in your winter[…]
More looking back: 30 years ago, this is what was happening in the tri-community
We are celebrating completion of our 30th year of publication by printing stories from our earliest issues to show what was happening in Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter. In our[…]
Belleville Planning Commission elects Jim Courage new chairman
Jim Courage was in Florida on vacation on Jan. 9 when he was unanimously elected the new chairman of the Belleville Planning Commission for 2025. He was present by Zoom,[…]
Sen. Camilleri supports getting $75.5M federal funds for Trenton
State Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) on Jan. 10 celebrated the announcement of $73.5 million in federal funding from the Federal Railroad Administration to improve the railroad crossing at M-85 (Fort[…]
Brianne Boyd is new director of Belleville Community Chorus
Brianne Boyd is the new director of the Belleville Community Chorus. Boyd grew up singing, acting, and playing piano and accordion. She studied music at Henry Ford College with G.[…]
Editorial: Addition in city tax brings windfall for this fiscal year
There is $272,000 more than budgeted in income for the 2024-25 fiscal year for the city of Belleville to spend on streets or other projects. This is what Kelly Howey[…]
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