By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor “Steve and Harlan, you’ve been appropriately slapped on the wrists,” said Belleville City Manager Diana Kollmeyer to the Davenport brothers at the Feb. 13[…]
After 7.5-hours of a board retreat with two SEMCOG facilitators on Saturday, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees ended up with a mission statement for the township and selected[…]
Although they weren’t very enthusiastic in their votes, on Monday members of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a Merit Pay program for teachers. Shonta Langford-Green,[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On Feb. 5, Van Buren Township fire fighters called fire departments from the City of Belleville and Sumpter Township to help fight a pole[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Special Writer At the Jan. 15 regular meeting of the Van Buren Township Environmental Commission, Mike Takacs, from the Environmental Quality Company (EQ). gave a PowerPoint[…]
Nakenya Yarbrough was elected president of the Friends of the Belleville Area District Library at Saturday’s annual meeting. Former president Tony D’Onofrio was elected vice president; Bonnie McRitchie, secretary; and[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Library architect Dan Whisler gave an illustrated report to Friends of the Belleville Area District Library on Jan. 25 as part of the group’s[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor A big St. Patrick’s Day Party will be put on by Egan’s Irish Pub on the Fourth Street Square on Monday, March 17, with[…]
At its Jan. 14 meeting, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees finally was able to give 13 employees honors for their years of service. David Champagne received two awards[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At the Feb. 3 regular city council meeting representatives of Plante Moran presented the financial audit of the City of Belleville for the year[…]