After an eight-and-a-half-hour appeals hearing that began Tuesday evening (June 23, 2009) to consider Jerry Champagne’s firing, the Van Buren Township Board voted 4-3 against his reinstatement. It was the board[…]
On Friday, June 26, 2009, General Electric Co. announced plans to open a manufacturing technology center at Van Buren Township’s Visteon Village and eventually employ 1,200 high-tech employees. The decision[…]
On Monday, members of the school district staff and members of the community told the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education that they were disappointed that Michael Van Tassel’s[…]
In Tuesday’s mail, Van Buren Township Supervisor Paul White and Trustee Denise Partridge received notices from the Wayne County Clerk that they had been targeted for a recall and the[…]
On Monday, July 6, 2009, Van Buren Township Trustee Al Ostrowski sent an open letter to the Belleville Enterprise saying he made a mistake in voting against Public Safety Director[…]
After more than six hours of raucous discussion, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees voted 4-3 to name Carl McClanahan as interim public safety director for a period not[…]
A standing-room-only crowd attended Monday’s Belleville City Council meeting – some wishing answers to the problems with Strawberry Festival last weekend and some wanting to know what the council was[…]
Monday’s Belleville City Council meeting was moved from the small council chambers to the larger high school cafeteria to make room for some 60 or so supporters of J.B.’s Place.[…]
After another seven-hour rehearing on the expulsion of a Belleville High School student, the Van Burn Public Schools Board of Education on Monday reduced Albert McGee’s expulsion to suspension for[…]
The Belleville City attorney will recommend that the City Council file a challenge in Circuit Court if the citizens’ petition on the Nov. 6 ballot should pass. He called the[…]