By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Four parents spoke to the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education during Monday’s regular meeting, politely lobbying for recess for the 700 fifth[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Yu-Yoa Bai, 16, is headed back to Taiwan after spending the school year as an exchange student at Belleville High School. He graduated from[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At the end of the City of Belleville Planning Commission meeting June 12, Commissioners Henry Kurczewski and Mike Renaud commented that approving two out[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor It seemed like a good idea at the time, but it turned into a nightmare for the Belleville City Council on Monday. The clever[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor A proposal to change the Belleville City Charter to eliminate the Civil Service Commission will be on the Nov. 4 General Election ballot, following[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Billy Ray Patrick, II, 22, of Belleville has been bound over to circuit court at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit for[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Thirty-fourth District Court Judge Tina Brooks Green said she had a history with the alleged victim in a weapons assault case before her and[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter Randy Eli Black, 43, has been bound over to circuit court to face a first-degree home invasion charge for a crime that occurred April[…]
The Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue are reaching out to the community for help with funds to operate on a puppy that could suffer heart failure without the surgery. Marci[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On a 6-1 vote at its regular meeting on June 3, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees approved the DPW Director’s request for[…]