Property owners appeal rejection of plans for sun room on VBT shoreline
At the May 18 work/study meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees, an appeal to the township board by a couple who live on the lakeshore in the[…]
Winners named in 2015 Sumpter Fest Parade
The prize-winning entries of more than 30 in Saturday’s 40th-Annual Sumpter Country Fest Parade were announced at the pavilion after the parade. Children’s Group: • 1st place – Rollers Skate[…]
Library Board unanimously selects Suchy as new director
After conducting three interviews of finalists on Friday, May 15, the Belleville Area District Library Board voted unanimously to offer the position of director to Mary Jo Suchy, who has[…]
Memorial Day: Time for 11th-annual Thunder Rolls in Belleville
David C. Brown Funeral Home and the Brown Family Center are sponsoring the 11th-annual Motorcycle Ride and Memorial Day Service to honor veterans. On Monday, motorcyclists will start registering at[…]
School District sets telephone survey on millage loss
Four hundred people in the Van Buren Public Schools district will be getting telephone calls soon from a professional polling company to ask them why the millage failed. The district’s[…]
Joseph Balowski named Officer of the Year by Sumpter Township PD
During the May 12 regular meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees, a series of awards were presented to Sumpter Police Officers by Sgt. Chris McGlynn. Officer of the[…]
Supervisor John Morgan, Sobeckis lead Sumpter Fest Parade
The Sumpter Country Fest Parade kicks off at noon on Saturday, heading south on Sumpter Road from Judd Road to the fairgrounds across from township hall. This year’s Grand Marshall[…]
BHS students gets OK to graduate by preferred, rather than legal, name
On May 15, CBS News/WWJ Radio in Detroit published a story about a Belleville High School transgender student who got permission from the superintendent to have his preferred name called[…]
Belleville Area Women’s Club gives out five scholarships
The Belleville Area Women’s Club gave out five academic scholarships at its May 5 meeting. Scholarship winners were Belleville High School seniors, who received $1,000 each, Emily Kruchin, Amanda Parker,[…]
Rotary presents ten $2,000 scholarships to BHS graduates
On May 12 the Belleville Rotary Club held its 70th-annual Scholarship Program, awarding ten $2,000 scholarships to Belleville High graduates. The club recognized five recipients of first-time scholarships and five[…]
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