Spring Storytimes under way at Belleville Area District Library
Spring Storytimes at the Belleville Area District Library are now under way: • Family Storytimes – On Mondays, March 18 through April 29, 7 p.m., for ages 4-10 • Tuesday[…]
Guiding Harbor Family Picnic, Open House set for Saturday, May 18
Guiding Harbor Family Picnic and Open House will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at 11875 Quirk Rd., Belleville. Guiding Harbor has been a[…]
Mary Lee, Anthony Kuchta celebrate 70 years of marriage
Mary Lee Shaffer Kuchta, Belleville High School class of 1950, and Anthony S. Kuchta, Sr., BHS class of 1949, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on March 16 at the Pelican[…]
Editorial: Congratulations to Lincoln HS for State Championship
Geof Bush of Willis, who is very active in projects in the City of Belleville and the Yankee Air Museum, has been talking to people a lot about the Lincoln[…]
District Library: ‘It would be fun to have bees’ on library roof
“It would be fun to have bees” on the roof of the new library, said Belleville Area District Library Board member John Juriga at the March 12 board meeting. He[…]
Plans under way to get started on seawall repairs in Belleville
Most of the seawall repairs will be done from a barge in the water, with some three-foot sheets driven into the shore from the land on the far end of[…]
Keystone teacher receives Excellence in Teaching Award
Keystone Academy held a surprise assembly on March 12 to honor Shelia Montri, kindergarten teacher at Keystone, for winning National Heritage Academies’ annual Excellence in Teaching (EIT) Award. The ceremony[…]
Paul Cartwright remembers Vietnam — and ‘SKI’
By Paul Cartwright Van Buren Township I have lived most of my life wondering if Ski was still alive. Fifty-three years ago, on March 29, I enlisted in the United[…]
Sumpter Township Finance Director presents ’19-’20 budget
Sumpter Township Financial Director Scott Holtz told the township that the landfill royalties that are $2.6 million in the budget, currently are down 12%. “That is a concern,” Holtz told[…]
Sumpter planners need residents to submit pictures for Master Plan
The Sumpter Township Planning Commission needs pictures of the township to put into its new 71-page Master Plan. Spring photos are best, said township planning consultant Chris Atkin of Carlisle[…]
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