School Board OKs VBEST contract, bus drivers get raise
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At the Feb. 9 regular meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education school bus drivers got a 1% raise this school[…]
VBT grants C of O’s for Walden Woods homes, after vowing it wouldn’t
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Last week, James Jozwiak, president of the Walden Woods Homeowners Association, found out that the two newest homes in his subdivision had just been[…]
Court Watching: White brings check for $25,000 to court, will be sentenced March 27
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Thomas A. White walked into the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit on Friday, Feb. 6, with an envelope holding a cashier’s check[…]
Court Watching: White forgets check, given until Friday to come up with $25,000
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Thomas A. White, Belleville’s disbarred attorney who is charged with 20 felonies that took at least some $1.9 million from his clients, was in[…]
Court Watching: Defendant who drove ORV on Main Street gets his vehicle back
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On Jan. 28 before 34th District Court Chief Judge Tina Books Green, Michael Woody pled guilty to operating his Off Road Vehicle (ORV) on[…]
Court Watching: ‘Good deal’ on PlayStation gets VBT teen in serious trouble
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor What a Van Buren Township teenager thought was a “good deal” on a low-priced Sony PlayStation 3 brought him a world of trouble. And,[…]
McNulty, Mushenheim get NHA Diamond Awards for teaching
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Michelle McNulty, a fifth-grade teacher at Keystone Charter Academy, and Jackie Mushenheim, a fourth-grade teacher at Keystone, are recipients of National Heritage Academies’ new[…]
Sumpter Board gets demonstration of new fire dept. turnout gear
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The Sumpter Township Board of Trustees, plus a number of people in the audience at the Jan. 27 board meeting, got a demonstration of[…]
VBT Board holds special work/study to go into closed-door session
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees held a special work/study session at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, so it could vote to go into closed-door session. The closed-door meeting,[…]
VBT Planners OK rezoning for Denton/Michigan development
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At its Jan. 28 meeting, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend rezoning of 1.99 acres from C (Local Business) to[…]
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