School Board approves amended, proposed budgets as presented
After 50 minutes of hearing the details of the amended budgets for the 2024-25 fiscal year and the proposed budgets for the 2025-26 school year, the Van Buren Public Schools[…]
Rhodesian Ridgeback breeders in Sumpter win national award
Marie and Marcin Glodowski of Sumpter Township and Lauren Michaels have been named the 2024 Breeders of the Year by the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United States. The RRCUS[…]
Keystone Academy receives high rankings from different sources
Keystone Academy recently received the $1,500 top prize of the 100 National Heritage Academies in the country for the greatest improvement in attendance over a 10-week competition. Keystone’s average daily[…]
Author with local ties returns to Van Buren Twp. for book signing
Anjalia McGoldrick, an author with local ties, is returning to the area for a book-signing from 6 to 8 p.m. on July 15 at the Holiday Inn Express, 46194 N.[…]
Sumpter Twp. considers changing logo, signage for new brand
Sumpter Township board members listened to a presentation by Jim Niestroy of Johnson Sign in Ypsilanti at their regular meeting June 10. Niestroy said he could work with a township[…]
Ypsilanti dams on Willow Run Creek get grant for demolition
Nineteen Michigan dams will receive a total of $14.9 million in newly authorized grant funding for for work ranging from dam removals to critical maintenance, including removal of two dams[…]
Editorial: Students, staff, parents plan to keep coming back
It wasn’t long ago that the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education was patting itself on the back for having no controversy in its meetings, although other school board[…]
Goat Day is June 22 in Belleville’s Horizon Park
The goats are back to trim up the shores of Belleville’s Horizon Park before Lakefest and Goat Day is set for noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 22. Belleville[…]
N. Liberty St. upgrades postponed until next year by city council
The bids to replace the aged water mains on N. Liberty Street in the city of Belleville this year came in too high, so the city council on June 16[…]
James C. Wigginton of VBT earn ninth world record on June 1
James C. Wigginton of Van Buren Township earned his ninth world record after completing the climb of the 2,226 stair steps of One World Trade Center in New York City[…]
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