This summer, family owned Atchinson Ford in Belleville celebrated 50 years of providing shiny new vehicles to their friends in the community. Old-timers will remember the first Atchinson, Norman “Dutch”,[…]
Recently, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees spent two full days hearing requests from departmental directors and discussing the budget for 2012, which must be balanced and passed by[…]
At the school board’s special meeting Oct. 17 when the financial audit was presented, about a dozen parents spoke out against the recently announced plan to move some Kindergarten students[…]
At about 3 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, Brandon Mullins sent out an email to members of the local press announcing he was withdrawing his name as a candidate for the Van[…]
After a closed-door session at the end of its agenda on Feb. 14, the Belleville Area District Library Board voted unanimously to ask the Belleville City Council to donate the[…]
Unless the Belleville Area District Library Board is able to come up with sites for two new library buildings, architectural drawings and an estimate of their costs, the question won’t[…]
On May 21, the Belleville City Council opened bids for its accounting and audit services and reappointed Plante Moran to continue with the accounting and Alan C. Young to continue[…]
On Friday at 3 p.m., Lee Grant resigned from his position as fire chief of the City of Belleville. His son, Fire Lt. Ken Grant, also resigned. This leaves nine[…]
On July 25 the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education was poised to lay off 10 secretaries and replace them with workers from an employment agency. Reports said negotiations[…]
The high-rise McDonald’s sign will remain for the time being, but the proposed big American flag at the new Belle Tire will be reduced in size. These were among decisions[…]