Editorial: How do we collect the news to pass on to our readers?
We received a question on Monday from an enthusiastic reader: Where do you get your news? We told him we get news from everywhere and welcomed his report. Then we[…]
EGLE hosts meeting on liner at toxic landfill
Updated 07-15-21 Twenty-two people were logged on at the beginning of the 46-minute zoom public meeting hosted by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy (EGLE) on June[…]
Driver smashes through door at hair salon
Joanne Danlovich, 88, of Belle-Villa mobile home community in the city of Belleville, said her foot slipped off the brake and hit the gas instead as she was parking outside[…]
Van Buren Township summer concert series returns on Wednesdays
Van Buren Township Parks and Recreation Department announces that outside, summer concerts in Quirk Park will return July 14 and be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays through[…]
Court Watching: Scott Settles has pretrial session set for 2018 incident with gun behind Egan’s
After several adjournments, Scott William-Samuel Settles, 45, of Belleville now has a pretrial session before Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Regina D. Thomas on July 22 at the Frank Murphy[…]
Belleville Rotary installs new officers
The Belleville Rotary Club’s new board of directors for the 2021-22 Rotary year were installed June 29 at Quirk Park pavilion. Doing the swearing in was Traci Sincock, Rotary District[…]
Truck hits large mailbox, ends up in ditch in Sumpter
At 3:17 a.m. Saturday, July 3, a pickup truck hit a large mailbox embedded in a garbage can of cement on Willis Road near Sherwood and ended up in the[…]
Turtle Cove Aquatic Center reopens at Lower Huron Metropark
On July 1 the Turtle Cove Family Aquatic Center in the Lower Huron Metropark reopened. Now you can take a dip in the pool, race down the waterslides and float[…]
MTA offers scholarships to students pursuing career in local government
The past year has shown us how critically important community leaders, programs and services are in helping to support Michigan residents. The Michigan Townships Association (MTA) Robert R. Robinson Scholarship[…]
Editorial: How to get, keep teachers when fewer are around?
At the June 28 school board meeting, Human Resources Director Abdul Madyun gave a long report on hiring and produced examples of what other districts are doing to get teaching[…]
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