Large party at fairgrounds brings reports of loud noises
Van Buren Township Police were dispatched to the fairgrounds just before 11 p.m. Saturday, May 7, where a large birthday party was being held and there were sounds like gunshots[…]
Editorial: Dispute over Honor & Remember flag steams up in city
LeRoy Paige was at Monday’s meeting of the city council to seek Belleville’s support for the Honor and Remember flag he is promoting. Paige of Sumpter Township, a Vietnam veteran[…]
Car careens into boat well on Belleville Lake
At about midnight Sunday night, Rick McPhee, who lives on the lake in the 42000 block of East Huron River Drive, said he was awakened by a loud crash that[…]
Diane Kullis to fill in as interim superintendent
The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education had been tasked with hiring a new interim superintendent, a new Human Resources Director, and a new Transportation Director, the sooner the[…]
School Board Trustee says MASB owes school district an apology
“As a board, we should register a complaint with the MASB,” said Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education Trustee Sherry Frazier at the special board meeting April 28. She[…]
CRAFT to hold public meeting at library on potassium iodide tablets
Citizens’ Resistance at Fermi 2 (CRAFT) will host a public meeting at the Belleville Area District Library from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7. The meeting will focus on[…]
Volunteers sought for annual Belleville Lake Beautification May 14
On Saturday, May 14, local residents are encouraged to clean up the shoreline around Belleville Lake. Volunteers will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the vacant lakefront lot on North Liberty[…]
Harry Roesch announces as candidate for VBT Treasurer
It pleases me to announce that I will be seeking the office of Treasurer of Van Buren Township on the Democratic ticket on the Aug. 2, 2016 primary ballot. My[…]
VBT Traffic Services to patrol neighborhoods, busy intersections
In a May 2 news release, Van Buren Township Public Safety Director Gregory Laurain announced that Officers Ryan Barry, Scott Griggs, and Ryan McCormick of the Traffic Services Division will[…]
Editorial: New pedestrian walkway over I-94 to be landmark
On Tuesday afternoon, [April 26] the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority decided it wanted a $2 million pedestrian walkway along Belleville Road over I-94 whether or not it got[…]
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