Lake closed in front of BYC from 9:45 to 11 p.m. on July 4 for fireworks
Belleville Lake in front of the Belleville Yacht Club will be closed from 9:45 to 11 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, for the annual BYC fireworks. The Michigan Department of[…]
Editorial: Scott Jones is on a roll to sharpen up Belleville area
Not only is Scott Jones set on bringing back a grocery store to the “food starved” City of Belleville, he now announces he wants to build 75 condos or so[…]
City Planners OK Scott Jones site plan for 500 block of Main Street
The site plan presented by Scott Jones for his new project at 562, 524, 510 Main St. and 549 North Liberty St. was approved by the Belleville Planning Commission at[…]
Katherine Russell is 2019 Strawberry Festival Queen
Katherine Russell, 16, was named Strawberry Festival Queen at last Friday’s pageant. For her talent performance, she sang. She is the daughter of Scott and Mendie Russell and a student[…]
Supervisor McNamara: Belleville Lake draw down is off for 2019
The plan to draw down Belleville Lake in the fall of 2019 has been cancelled. At Monday’s work/study session of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees, Supervisor Kevin McNamara[…]
Incident Friday night puts police into action at Strawberry Festival
Belleville Police Chief Hal Berriman said an incident at around 8 p.m. Friday in the area of the carnival at Belleville High School was the only big disruption that brought[…]
Scott Jones tells VBT Planning Commission about his condos’ plan
Scott Jones of Van Buren Township told the township planning commission about his plan to build more than 70 detached condominiums on 13.6 acres on the lake just west of[…]
Someone helps himself to siding from home on North Liberty Street
On June 12, it looked like demolition was starting on the house at 549 North Liberty Street in the City of Belleville. The site is part of the several parcels[…]
VBT’s new fireworks ordinance puts infractions at $1,000
Van Buren Township Police remind township residents that a new fireworks ordinance was unanimously approved by the township board March 5, and was effective March 14, that makes violations a[…]
Disbarred attorney Thomas White released from prison June 18
Disbarred Belleville attorney Thomas Andrew White, 51, was scheduled to be released from prison on Tuesday, June 18, after serving about four years and two months of an original 5-20-year[…]
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