Belleville Council delays marihuana decisions for 30 days
After more than an hour of public hearing on two ordinances dealing with medical marihuana, on Monday the Belleville City Council voted to table action and extended the moratorium for[…]
VBT Board meets with dept. heads to form budget for 2011
In two days of marathon sessions last week, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees met with department directors to hammer out a balanced budget for 2011. Supervisor Paul White[…]
Sumpter planners question process for Nasser’s building
Sumpter Township Planning Commissioner Matthew Oddy said he has nothing against the new market being built by Joe Nasser at the corner of Willis and Sumpter roads, but he wonders[…]
Election choices include school board, library
Along with deciding on who Michigan’s governor will be and who the state will send to Washington, Lansing, and the courts, local voters will decide on school board candidates, library[…]
School Board OKs purchase of 20 new laptops for BHS staff
Administrators at the high school have been asked to analyze and manipulate student data on 1990 computers that jam up and have the keys fall off – “junk,” in the[…]
Juried fine arts, crafts, antique show proposed as Artaffair on Main
Members of the Belleville Area Council for the Arts were present at the Oct. 18 Belleville City Council meeting to pitch a new event for the city next summer: a[…]
Eight candidates run for seven seats on District Library Board
Eight candidates are running for seven seats open in the first election held for the newly formed Belleville Area District Library Board. The candidates include six who had been appointed[…]
BHS Security Team fired Friday
School district administrators were not satisfied with the way the V-International security team was performing at Belleville High School, so on Friday the firm was fired. School Supt. Tom Riutta[…]
VBT board grants two tax breaks for GE projects at Grace Lake
Two tax breaks for the General Electric Company were granted unanimously by the Van Buren Township Board at its Oct. 19 meeting. GE is leasing several buildings from Visteon at[…]
Six candidates running for two School Board seats in Nov. 2 election
Six candidates are vying for two seats on the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education in the Nov. 2 General Election. The four-year terms of Board President David Peer[…]
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