Belleville City Council mulls how to get more money from taxes
The Belleville City Council says it doesn’t have enough money to run the city so it is considering ways to get more funding. There’s no more ways to cut, they[…]
Belleville City Council approves Korneffel to do Doane’s Landing seawall
At Monday’s regular meeting, the Belleville City Council accepted the bid by E.C. Korneffel Company of Trenton to do the repairs on the seawall at Doane’s Landing park. Belleville Building[…]
Independent wins award in Michigan Press Association contest
The Michigan Press Association held its annual convention last week and announced winners in its annual 2017 Better Newspapers contest. The Belleville-Area Independent won an Honorable Mention in Spot News[…]
George, Irene Roberts celebrate 74 years
George and Irene Roberts celebrated their 74th wedding anniversary at Cedar Woods in Van Buren Township with a big party and special cake on May 17. They were longtime residents[…]
Constellium VBT teams win recognition for performance excellence
Constellium’s annual Thank You Awards celebrate teams across the company for their efforts and achievements in the areas of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) & Sustainability, Operational Excellence, Customers and[…]
Editorial: Is there hope for VBT meetings?
Tuesday’s meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees was pathetic. VBT Supervisor Kevin McNamara pushed through a new meetings policy — draft #8 — that he hopes will[…]
Library hopes to open media center in Sumpter on Oct. 1
Belleville Area District Library Director Mary Jo Suchy told the library board she is working on the upcoming budget and is planning for the new media center in Sumpter Township[…]
VBT LDFA backs off suggestion to rename Visteon Way
A suggestion to rename Visteon Way in what was once called Visteon Village in Van Buren Township was brought forward by John Delaney at the May 8 meeting of the[…]
Guiding Harbor sets open house May 19 at Girlstown location
Guiding Harbor will hold an open house from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 19, at the Girlstown location, 11875 Quirk Road, Belleville. The open house will include information about[…]
Van Buren Public Schools to have computers for all
At Monday’s meeting, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a $650,817.42 proposal to put computers into the hands of all its students, Kindergarten through 12th grade.[…]
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