Editorial: VBT joins Waste Management in wetlands battle
“The township is joining the bad guys against this precious wetlands,” one upset reader said Friday after reading the story about how the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees voted[…]
VBT sets public hearing on Sumpter Road Corridor Plan
After about an hour of discussing the Sumpter Road Corridor Plan and its Mixed-Use Zoning District and Overlay District, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted to set a public[…]
Sumpter planners OK 4.878-acre pond, 10 acres of solar panels
At a special meeting on June 23, the Sumpter Township Planning Commission approved a 4.878-acre pond at 51150 Arkona Rd. John Enos, principal at Carlisle Wortman of Ann Arbor, serves[…]
Belleville Fire Department staffs very first duty crew on July 1
On Friday, July 1, at 9 a.m., the City of Belleville made history with the first shift of its first Fire Department duty crew. Belleville will now have staffing for[…]
FMAR: Pete, Marcy LaFramboise tell plans of retirement
It was April 3, 2003 that Pete and Marcy LaFramboise started Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue that has saved thousands of cat and dogs over the 19 years of its[…]
Library press release explains background of Library millage question
In 2010, the voters of Belleville, Sumpter and Van Buren passed an operating millage to fund the Belleville Area District Library. This millage expired at the end of 2021. On[…]
Candidates on the local Aug. 2 primary ballots
Governor, 4 years Gretchen Whitmer, D., P.O. Box 15282, Lansing 48901 Tudor M. Dixon, R, P.O. Box 21085, Lansing 48909 Ryan D. Kelley, R, 11275 Wild Duck Ln., Allendale 49401[…]
Belleville DDA agrees it’s time to follow through on plans
“We spent a lot of money to develop a master plan and then don’t go forward,” Belleville Mayor Kerreen Conley told the city’s Downtown Development Authority at its regular meeting[…]
VBT board holds public hearing on Haggerty Sub sidewalk project
Seven residents of Haggerty Sub let the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees know how they feel about paying for repairs to sidewalks in front of their homes as part[…]
Sumpter board wrestles with ways to clean up the parks, fix docks
After a dock was damaged at Banotai Park over the last week end in June, Sumpter Township Supervisor Tim Bowman got out his heavy equipment and tore it down because[…]
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