Five parent assemblies have been scheduled in the Van Buren Public Schools to discuss the unsettling results of a recent online student survey that reveals sex habits, alcohol and drug[…]
The Van Buren Township Police Department is working on problems with animal control and things are better, but problems are not completely solved. At the Oct. 6 meeting of the[…]
After a lengthy and lively discussion at its Sept. 28 meeting, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees voted 4-3 to pay $38,000 for shingles and $800 for an extended 15-year[…]
Brandon Mullins of Belleville wants to bring Hollywood to the 48111 zip code – and hopes those filmmakers would bring jobs and money to this area. Mullins presented his plan[…]
Skateboarders have damaged Belleville’s new streetscape and at Monday’s [Oct. 4] meeting the City Council voted to hold a public hearing on a proposed ordinance to outlaw skateboarding and roller[…]
A decision in binding arbitration announced Sept. 16 found that Van Buren Township Fire Fighter Kenneth Landstrom did not violate any fire department rules after a bad word appeared on[…]
Enrica Hensley, owner of Enrica’s Golden Needle, 436 Main Street in downtown Belleville, said a customer beat her up on Feb. 20. On Sept. 16 the accused pled guilty to[…]
A spectacular fire the afternoon of Sept. 15 burned and damaged 16 units in the Tuscan Manor apartments in downtown Belleville, making 40 people immediately homeless. No tenants or[…]
On Monday, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education ratified a two-year contract with the Van Buren Education Association with no increase in pay this school year, but an[…]
The Belleville Downtown Development Authority voted unanimously on Sept. 15 to give a no-bid contract to Davenport Brothers Construction for construction of the side streets and Five Points as part[…]