VBT Board of Construction Appeals
After a two-hour, lively discussion on July 8, the Van Buren Township Board of Construction Appeals granted the appeal of the developer of Cobblestone Ridge Villas on West Huron River[…]
VBT grants 12-year tax abatement for General Electric at Grace Lake
A 12-year, 50% tax abatement agreement with General Electric was approved unanimously by the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees at its July 6 regular meeting. Although by the township’s[…]
School Board approves eight more contracts for BHS construction
At Monday’s meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the board approved eight more contracts for construction of the new $79 million Belleville High School, now under[…]
Sumpter police nab 2 for home invasion, as home occupants sleep
Sumpter Township Police arrested two men for pulling a daytime home invasion that was so quiet the home’s occupants slept through it all. The two men could be looking at[…]
Flags demolished at VBT cemeteries set off patriotic fire storm
Van Buren Township’s Flag Lady, Marie Krouse, with her arms full of tattered and broken American Flags, told the VBT Board of Trustees at its July 6 meeting about the[…]
Storm rips SE Michigan
Yet another violent storm ripped through this area on Sunday afternoon – the fourth storm during the month of June that required sounding of the emergency sirens in the City[…]
Sixty-four years later, Primitivo Gutierrez completes ride in C-47
It took 64 years for Primitivo Gutierrez III of Belleville to complete a ride in a C-47 that was interrupted after taking off from Seattle in 1946. On Saturday, Gutierrez[…]
School Board approves five more contracts
Five more contracts for construction of the $79 million Belleville High School were approved by the school board at a special meeting June 21. The following contracts were recommended by[…]
School Board OKs contract with non-union electricians
At Monday’s School Board meeting, a contract with an electrical contractor that had just gone to a non-union shop was approved after some lively discussion. Trustee Martha Toth said several[…]
VBT Planning Commission denies Visteon rezoning
The Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted unanimously at its June 23 meeting to recommend rejection of the Visteon rezoning application to make way for a generator at the east[…]
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