Belleville’s Harvest Fest features 70 tractors to examine
Harvest Fest in Belleville on Saturday, Oct. 12, had sunny skies and a large turnout. The 70 tractors that were going to be in a parade from Harris Road in[…]
Arts Council presents 60 artists, 150 entries in weekend art show
The Belleville Area Council for the Arts presented its 15h-annual Community Art Show Oct. 11-13. More than 60 talented artists participated with some 150 entries for public viewing at the[…]
VBPS board approves Insulin Litigation Resolution
At the Oct. 14 meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the board unanimously approved an Insulin Litigation Resolution as presented. John Leroy, director of human resources,[…]
Three candidates running for 3 seats on library board Nov. 5
Joy Cichewicz of Sumpter Township and Alma Hughes-Grubbs of Van Buren Township have filed for re-election to the Belleville Area Library Board of Directors. John Juriga of Belleville did not[…]
Tim Bowman, Nelson Po vie for top job in Sumpter Township
Incumbent Sumpter Township Supervisor Tim Bowman, Republican, and Nelson Po, Democrat, are facing off in the Nov. 5 general election for Sumpter Township’s top job: supervisor. This is the only[…]
District Library Board approves updated 14-pg. Personnel Policy
A 14-page, updated Personnel Policy was unanimously approved by the Belleville Area District Library Board at its regular meeting on Oct. 8. It is to be implemented no later than[…]
DTE starts work on directional boring under the Denton Road Bridge
DTE has gathered equipment at the Denton Road Bridge over Belleville Lake and began the underwater directional boring for its gas line. Van Buren Township Director of Municipal Services Ron[…]
Crowd turns out for citizen-led townhall on radioactive waste in VBT
A large crowd turned out at the Angel Food Catering Garage in Van Buren Township on Oct. 8 for what was billed as a “citizen-led town hall to take action[…]
VBT planners discuss 280-acre PUD site at I-94/Haggerty/Hannan
The Van Buren Township Planning Commission spent about a half hour of its Oct. 9 regular meeting discussing a proposed 280-acre development east of Haggerty Road, north of I-94 N.[…]
Belleville considers master plan in joint meeting with consultants
At the beginning of a year-long project to create a new Master Plan, 11 members of the city of Belleville’s boards and commissions met together Oct. 2 with three planning[…]
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