VBT Board approves budgets, ordinance against coal tar
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees approved the amended 2015 and proposed 2016 general fund budgets on a 5-1 vote at its regular meeting Dec. 1. Voting against the[…]
Editorial: VBT Police, Fire respond to ‘layoffs’
The Dec. 1 meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees was before a room filled with agitated police officers, fire fighters, and residents – all wanting to know[…]
VBT tears down unfinished house after 9 years of ‘construction’
Theresa Cassini’s “new” house at 16620 Haggerty Road was torn down on Nov. 30 with Van Buren Township police and ordinance officials standing by, along with township attorney Angela Mannarino.[…]
Sumpter Township selects new board member: Don LaPorte
Don LaPorte was selected to fill the vacant Sumpter Township Trustee position left open by the death of William Hamm. Trustee Hamm died suddenly Oct. 16 at the age of[…]
VBT Supervisor to seek one more member for LDFA board
Van Buren Township Supervisor Linda Combs had to come from her home to attend the Nov. 10 meeting of the Local Development Finance Authority at the township because otherwise the[…]
VBT Board discusses, at length, supervisor’s appointment of Delaney
Although Van Buren Township Supervisor Linda Combs is off on an eight-week leave of absence, she sent word that she was appointing John Delaney to the Local Development Finance Authority[…]
District Library: New building favored by people at special meeting
After another long discussion about three options for a library upgrade, people attending the Nov. 24 special meeting of the Belleville Area District Library Board seemed to favor constructing a[…]
FMAR gets $6,000 award from BISSELL Pet Foundation
The BISSELL Pet Foundation™, supported in part by BISSELL Homecare, Inc., has awarded $6,000 to the Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue to support their life-saving efforts. Grant funds will be[…]
‘A Norman Rockwell Christmas’ parade starts at 6 p.m. Dec. 5
The annual, lighted Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce Christmas parade starts off from Belleville High School at 6 p.m. on Satuday, Dec. 5. This year’s theme is “A Norman Rockwell[…]
James Forrest Chapman takes plea deal of misdemeanor stalking
On Nov. 30 in the Detroit courtroom of Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Margaret Van Houten, James Forrest Chapman of Van Buren Township pled no contest to a one-year charge[…]
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