Former VBT Officer, 2 sons among 7 charged with felonies
Robert Greene, 64, of Canton, a former Van Buren Township police officer and his two sons, John Greene, 43, and Tim Green, 42, are among seven current and former police[…]
FIRST Robotics a crowd-pleaser at Belleville High School
Although some of the people who came to the FIRST Robotics competition at Belleville High School last weekend didn’t understand all the details, here is what happened. At the end[…]
National Library Week brings events at library, plus groundbreaking
National Library Week is April 8-14, and the Belleville Area District Library has several events and programs scheduled in celebration. • Bookbinding Class: All Ages 8 & up Wednesday, April[…]
Belleville DDA considers security for Horizon Park waterfront
There was $2,500 worth of damage to the kayak launch last year and it is damaged again and needs to be fixed before the equipment is re-installed on the dock[…]
McBride paving project to get going this spring in VBT
School bus drivers, teachers, and parents and grandparents who drive to and from McBride Middle School in northern Van Buren Township are going to get a break. As soon as[…]
Trustee Frazier’s joke turns into big deal in Van Buren Township
At the end of the March 6 meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees, Trustee Paul White held up a Michigan Township Association monthly magazine and announced that[…]
Van Buren Fire Dept. seeks buildings for fire fighter training
The Van Buren Township Fire Department is asking property owners who may have a structure that is abandoned and/or ready to be demolished to allow firefighters to conduct training in[…]
Wayne-Monroe Regional Science Olympiad Tournament – Results for Belleville High School
• Chemistry Lab – 4th Place Nina Hardy and Andy Schweers • Disease Detectives – 6th Place Mikayla Oddy and Amy Montgomery • Dynamic Planet – 5th Place Kylie Morton[…]
School Board votes to move forward with selling vacant properties
At the March 26 regular meeting the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to sell the vacant properties it owns and move forward with negotiations with St.[…]
Court Watching: Singleton bound over to circuit court for armed robbery with cane
On March 21, Timothy Lee Singleton, 58, was bound over to circuit court by 34th District Court Judge Brian A. Oakley for an arraignment on the information on a charge[…]
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