Sumpter Township bookkeeper Jim Glahn, CPA, presented a balanced $3,576,160 budget for the upcoming 2012-13 fiscal year to the township board at a hearing before the regular township meeting March[…]
At a special, 20-minute meeting on May 9, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education learned that the district has been accredited by AdvancED “on advisement,” which means it[…]
Belleville High School will honor four Distinguished Graduates who will be inducted into the BHS Hall of Fame on Sunday. They are Alesia Hermosillo, Tim Marsh, David Medley, and posthumously,[…]
In compliance with Public Act 152, the Belleville City Council on Monday approved 20% monthly healthcare premium contributions for all city employees, effective July 1. The new Michigan law was[…]
On May 9, Lou Kovach received official word that his request for splits of the former Coy Kendall greenhouse property had been denied by the Van Buren Township Parcel Board.[…]
Breana Smith of Sumpter Township, who celebrated her 16th birthday on March 24, recently was named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2011 Semester at Eastern Michigan University. This[…]
Standards of Conduct for the volunteer/ paid-per-call Fire Department were tabled for the second time by the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees at its regular meeting March 27. Township Attorney[…]
The School Board decided the Van Buren Public Schools needs a more sophisticated business office, so on Monday it voted 5-1 to hire Plante & Moran to provide the service.[…]
Daniel Martin, former advertising manager for the Independent, is back from Florida for two book signings in Belleville for his newly released novel “Covenant”. This is his first book and[…]
For the second time since October the proposed changes to the Local Development Finance Authority bylaws were removed from the agenda of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees and[…]