By James Tarrant Executive Director Michigan Press Association “Sunshine is the best disinfectant” so stated Justice Louis Brandeis. The Michigan Press Association feels strongly that transparency in government is crucial[…]
The tri-community in which we live is getting smaller by the hour due to the coronavirus – COVID-19. The schools are closed, the new library and media center are closed,[…]
When the late architect George Craven designed the extension of the Fred C. Fischer Library in Belleville in the 1950s, he was asked to keep the price down. And, he[…]
A new, revised site plan for the 500 block of Main Street looks a lot different than the original plan for Belleville Main LLC approved last June by the Belleville[…]
According to the reports from tri-community clerks the following voters cast ballots in the March 10 election. • Belleville: 970 ballots were cast out of the 3,249 registered voters for[…]
On March 11, Milan Timothy George, 28, of Northville and previously of Sumpter Township, faced charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and domestic[…]
A Book Brigade passed the last 100 fiction books from the old Fred C. Fischer Library to the new Belleville Area District Library at noon on Leap Day, Feb. 29,[…]
The City of Belleville took all non-essential items off its agenda for Monday’s city council meeting and concentrated on an “Emergency Plan.” During an hour-long discussion, the council named interim[…]
At the March 11 meeting of the Van Buren Township Local Development Finance Authority, LDFA member John Delaney said he has smelled noxious odors from the Waste Management landfill as[…]
The 2020 U.S. Census count has begun and elected officials throughout the nation are urging their populations to be counted because it will affect federal money coming to their areas[…]