At its regular meeting on Jan. 22, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission unanimously approved sending revisions to the Belleville Road Overlay District ordinance to the township board for consideration.[…]
By Don Sherman Van Buren Township A century ago, Henry Ford had a full plate. The Ford Motor Company was manufacturing 10,000 Model Ts per day, selling them across the[…]
The American Pickers are returning to Michigan and plan to film episodes of the History Channel hit television series throughout this area in March 2025. American Pickers is a documentary[…]
In a nutshell, the City of Belleville is in pretty good shape. City Council and the City administration have taken many steps to improve our fiscal and operational position, and[…]
The retirement of Sumpter Township Manager Anthony Burdick at the end of the day on Jan. 31 was unanimously accepted by the township board at its Jan. 14 meeting. Supervisor[…]
We are celebrating completion of our 30th year of publication by printing stories from our earliest issues to show what was happening in Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter. In our[…]
Friends of the Belleville Area District Library will celebrate their 40-year anniversary on Saturday, Jan. 25, during their annual membership meeting at 11 a.m. at the library. The public is[…]
At the Jan. 15 meeting of the Van Buren Township Environmental Commission, chairman Norm DeBuck said he had received a strange e-mail that concerned him. He handed over his cell[…]
Representatives of the Belleville Area District Library attended a recent meeting at the Romulus Library where they were invited to discuss owing money for penal fines they were given by[…]
Belleville Area District Library Director Mary Jo Suchy was given a 3.5% raise in pay by the library board during its regular meeting on Jan. 14. Board treasurer Tonya Stoudemire,[…]