Westland man drowns in Belleville Lake during Saturday night swim
The body of Richard Edwin Johnson, 61, of Westland was pulled from Belleville Lake by the Van Buren Township Dive Team at about 9 p.m. Saturday near Horizon Park. VBT[…]
Barbara Miller tells VBT: Community’s culture needs a plan
A large crowd stuffed itself into the second-floor meeting room of the Belleville Area Museum on June 6 as the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees held an off-site board[…]
School Board selects Gerick to fill out term vacated by Frazier
The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education unanimously selected Darlene Honie Loyer Gerick to serve out the vacant term of Sherry Frazier, who recently resigned. Gerick’s term will run[…]
Van Buren Twp., Van Buren Public Schools to start chess club
Van Buren Township has formed a community partnership with Van Buren Public School Superintendent Pete Kudlak in establishing a chess club at Owen Intermediate and McBride Middle School for their[…]
Belleville Planners OK microbrewery as home occupation on Wabash
Two teachers received approval from the Belleville Planning Commission to set up a microbrewery in their detached garage and operate it as a home occupation. They plan to call it[…]
Youngsters can join Andy the Ambulance to learn how to call 9-1-1
Registration is now under way for parents of children ages 4-7 to learn how to call 9-1-1 with Andy the Ambulance. This a free program put on by Huron Valley[…]
Parker Springer first BHS student to take part in Schoolcraft program
Parker Springer, a junior at Belleville High School, was introduced at the regular June 6 meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees as the first student to take[…]
VBT Planners approve preliminary site plan for 7850 Haggerty Road
In a 16-minute meeting on May 10, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted unanimously to grant preliminary site plan approval so Van Buren Investors, L.L.C. can build an addition[…]
VBT honors Gillespie, McKelvey, Walters, Floro for saving a life
At the beginning of the June 6 regular meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees, Public Safety Director Gregory Laurain presented life-saving awards to the four people who[…]
Sumpter Township Planners table vote on proposed project on 67 acres
Neighbors vehemently object to a proposed project on 67 acres at 23600 Carleton West Road. After two hours of public hearing on June 8, the Sumpter Planning Commission tabled further[…]
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