VBT approves using CDBG funds to upgrade VB Park
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor After a public hearing at its Feb. 3 meeting, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees approved a budget for about $124,895 in 2015[…]
Belleville City Council studies proposed 20-year sewer agreement
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor All 13 communities involved have to sign the proposed, 20-year Downriver Sewage Disposal System Service Agreement with Wayne County for it to be official,[…]
Court Watching: Judge Green aims to figure out confusing case against Kenneth Spence
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On Jan. 28 before 34th District Court Chief Judge Tina Books Green the case of Kenneth Charles Spence, 66, proved to be very confusing.[…]
Court Watching: Ibrahim Ibrahim to face charges on stolen iPads at Belleville Exchange
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Ibrahim Daoud Ibrahim of Belleville Exchange, 9894 Belleville Road, has been charged with Organized Retail Crime and Receiving and Concealing Stolen Property More Than[…]
School Board OKs VBEST contract, bus drivers get raise
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At the Feb. 9 regular meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education school bus drivers got a 1% raise this school[…]
VBT grants C of O’s for Walden Woods homes, after vowing it wouldn’t
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Last week, James Jozwiak, president of the Walden Woods Homeowners Association, found out that the two newest homes in his subdivision had just been[…]
Court Watching: White brings check for $25,000 to court, will be sentenced March 27
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Thomas A. White walked into the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit on Friday, Feb. 6, with an envelope holding a cashier’s check[…]
Court Watching: White forgets check, given until Friday to come up with $25,000
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Thomas A. White, Belleville’s disbarred attorney who is charged with 20 felonies that took at least some $1.9 million from his clients, was in[…]
Court Watching: Defendant who drove ORV on Main Street gets his vehicle back
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On Jan. 28 before 34th District Court Chief Judge Tina Books Green, Michael Woody pled guilty to operating his Off Road Vehicle (ORV) on[…]
Court Watching: ‘Good deal’ on PlayStation gets VBT teen in serious trouble
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor What a Van Buren Township teenager thought was a “good deal” on a low-priced Sony PlayStation 3 brought him a world of trouble. And,[…]
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