GE gets tax abatement from VBT, while public, board question move
After a long discussion at its three-hour meeting Aug. 16, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees decided to give seven years of personal property tax abatements worth a total[…]
Jackie Davis’ duck wins $250 first place in Rubber Ducky Race
Jackie Davis’ rubber ducky won first place for her in last Thursday’s Lucky Rubber Ducky Race in Belleville Lake. Rotary President Joyce Rochowiak said Davis won $250 cash. Others[…]
School Board hires one administrator, lays off five special services staff
At Monday’s School Board meeting, Trustee Sherry Frazier questioned how the board could hire one administrator, with a salary and benefits package of over $100,000, and yet lay off five[…]
Friends of Library re-elect Tony D’Onofrio president at annual meeting
Tony D’Onofrio was re-elected president of the Friends of the Belleville Area District Library at Saturday’s annual meeting. Others elected to the Friends’ board were vice-president Nakenya Yarbough, treasurer Rick[…]
A weekend of no activity at Five Points
After a weekend of no activity at Five Points in downtown Belleville, on Monday morning Davenport Brothers crews started digging in to uncover and raise underground sructures before asphalting.
Sumpter Twp. Board approves ‘whatever action necessary’ on gate
A private gate placed across a corner of cemetery property in Sumpter Township has caused consternation to township officials. At the Aug. 9 regular meeting of the township board, the[…]
Honored by the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education
Honored June 13 by the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education were these retiring employees From left are North Middle School Principal Dianne Tilson, retiring after 38 years, and[…]
District Library Board to host expert on library space in September
At its regular meeting June 12, the Belleville Area District Library Board voted 4-1 to pay up to $1,900 to bring library space expert Anders Dahlgren to Belleville to meet[…]
Belleville DDA to make offer to Minimart for streetscape wall repair
The Belleville Downtown Development Authority wants to repair the damaged streetscape wall in front of Five Points Minimart, but members want to make sure protection is put in place so[…]
Public Safety Director: VBT has higher forcible rape rates than nation
Van Buren Township Public Safety Director Carl McClanahan said the incidents of forcible rape in VBT “is and will be higher than the national average” and it’s not something the[…]
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