City Council agrees to replace two broken fire hydrants
Two fire hydrants along East Columbia Avenue at Victory Park are broken and have bags over them marking they don’t work. At the Jan. 21 meeting of the Belleville City[…]
City Council gets bouquet of cupcakes at Jan. 21 meeting
Trina Banerjee of Van Buren Township brought a box of cupcakes she decorated as an exquisite bouquet of flowers to the Belleville City Council for council members to sample at[…]
Friends of the Library mark 40 years
On Saturday, Jan. 25, after reports of the 2024 annual membership meeting were approved, reports for 2025 given, and new officers elected, the Friends of the Library celebrated 40 years[…]
VBPS hears report on Boys & Girls Club groups
At the Jan. 27 regular meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, Alise Dixon, chief program officer of Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan, explained some[…]
Belleville Area Council for the Arts offers $1,000 senior scholarship
The Belleville Area Council for the Arts is offering a $1,000 Visual Scholarship for Belleville High School artists who are seniors. The deadline to apply is the BHS seniors’ last[…]
VBT Planning Commission recommends new height, setback for Belleville Rd.
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.[…]
Belleville Lake to mark 100 years in existence
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[…]
American Pickers returning to Michigan to find collections
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[…]
City of Belleville: State of the City 2025
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[…]
Sumpter Manager Anthony Burdick retires as of Jan. 31
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[…]
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