Sumpter Board OKs agreement with FMAR to care for stray dogs
Pete and Marcie LaFramboise of Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue were present at the June 25 meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees as the board unanimously approved a[…]
Beaumont Health leases 124,564-square-foot building in VBT
CBRE recently represented ownership in a 124,564-square-foot lease of a high-tech, industrial building to Beaumont Health at 41965 Ecorse Rd. in Van Buren Township. The tenant is Michigan’s largest healthcare[…]
Owen Intermediate School Media Center wins state library award
State Representative Kristy Pagan announced that earlier this month, the Library of Michigan awarded Owen Intermediate School Library Media Center in Van Buren Public Schools with the the state’s 2019-20[…]
Liberty Gospel Church sets Summer Revival for July 11, 12, 13
Liberty Gospel Church, 105 N. Liberty St., Belleville, will hold its Summer Revival at 7 p.m. on July 11, 12, and 13, and everyone is welcome. Pastor Bernie Travis and[…]
Former Belleville resident comes ‘full circle’ to Ann Arbor Art Fair
By Amanda McLenon BHS class of 1994 When I tell folks my story about exhibiting in the Ann Arbor Art Fair this summer, their response is inevitably, 100% of the[…]
Belleville Moose joins Shielded Souls Motorcycle Club to get cereal to hungry children
Belleville Moose Lodge #934 and Shielded Souls Motorcycle Club in New Boston worked together on a cereal drive. Dillon Marshall organized the cereal drive to help local food banks with[…]
School Board OKs VBEST contract, 80/20 language of PA 152
The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education met in a 15-minute special session Friday with a bare quorum to tend to two items removed from the Monday meeting agenda[…]
VBT DDA approves more funds for the Placemaking project
At its regular meeting June 24, the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority approved spending $33,826.10 more for the Placemaking project, now under construction behind the Remerica business at 10151[…]
Court Watching: Ryan McLaughlin bound over to circuit court on assault charges
Ryan Dean McLaughlin, 30, waived his preliminary exam before 34th District Court Judge Brian A. Oakley on June 26 and Judge Oakley bound him over to circuit court for an[…]
Environmental Commission gets details on draw-down cancel
There will be no drawdown of the water in Belleville Lake this fall. Matthew Best, Van Buren Township director of public services, told the Environmental Commission at its June 19[…]
Weather