At Monday’s (Dec. 7, 2009) regular meeting of the Belleville City Council, Police Chief Gene Taylor vowed he would do everything possible to keep the School Resource Officers in place[…]
To the Editor and VBT Residents, Voters, and Taxpayers: Both the governmental units of Van Buren Township and Belleville are listed on the latest (2007) “fiscal watch” list of the[…]
Four top command officers in the Van Buren Township Police Department who last summer filed a discrimination complaint, claiming they were passed over for the top cop position because they[…]
The water main under Belleville Lake was expected to be completely in place by Christmas, but it wasn’t, and the sub-contractor working on the project has now been moved out[…]
A 73-page binder of information, originally deemed to be secret under “attorney-client privilege” and then voted out into the open for the public to examine, appeared to be a big[…]
The trial of the man charged in the murder/arson of Van Buren Township senior citizen Frances Cothern has been adjourned until Oct. 22 at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice[…]
The former DPW yard at 100 Davis Street has been the target of environmental cleanup for almost 20 years. Following the latest directions from the Department of Environmental Quality,[…]
The 3/50 Project has caught the imagination of local businesses and shoppers in Belleville and they hope it will infuse new spending into the local economy. Signs have popped[…]
The Van Buren School Board is considering an accelerated plan to get construction of the new high school done in two years rather than three. Present plans call for[…]
Belleville Fire Chief Darwin Loyer is switching fire chief hats to become the new fire chief of Van Buren Township. The VBT board voted unanimously on Tuesday to name[…]