Early Childhood Center raising funds with family-to-family sale
The Early Childhood Center of the Van Buren Public Schools will host a family-to-family sale from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 13, 501 W. Columbia Ave., at the[…]
Editorial: City gets lesson on local government
On March 4, Christopher J. Johnson, general counsel of the Michigan Municipal League, was present at city hall for an hour-and-a-half lesson on “Essentials of Local Government” for representatives of[…]
McBride Middle School to present ‘Murder on the 518’ March 14-16
McBride Middle School students will present this year’s play, “Murder on the 518,” on Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15 at 6 p.m. and on Saturday, March 16 at[…]
WM landfill receives preliminary approval for VBT gas recovery plant
Waste Management’s Woodland Meadows landfill received preliminary site plan approval from the Van Buren Township Planning Commission on Feb. 28 on WM’s plan to build a methane gas recovery plant[…]
Voters approve VBPS renewal of non-homestead millage
In the Feb. 27 election, voters in the Van Buren Public Schools district in Wayne and Washtenaw counties, approved renewal of the non-homestead millage question. • In Wayne County, it[…]
Belleville DDA spends two hours planning for the future of its district
The Belleville Downtown Development Authority gathered on Saturday for a two-hour strategic planning session with Samantha Harkins of Hundred Place Consulting of Lansing leading the discussion, assisted by planning consultant[…]
Hidden Treasures Gift Shop vendors to cut prices prior to move
In anticipation of the closing of the Hidden Treasures Gift Shop at Haggerty School before moving back to the facilities at the new Van Buren Township Community Center, vendors are[…]
Robinson talks of Sumpter Twp. ‘corruption, mismanagement’ on TV
Ronald Barrington Robinson of Sumpter Township, who used to have a regular podcast in Flint, returned to that show on March 2 to discuss what he called “the corruption and[…]
Court Watching
John Edward Svoboda John Edward Svoboda, 52, of Belleville, was video-arraigned by 34th District Court Judge Brian Oakley on Feb. 28 while in custody on charges of home invasion-first degree,[…]
City council agrees to hire Lexipol grant writing service
The Belleville City Council at its March 4 regular meeting unanimously approved the city manager’s recommendation to hire Lexipol grant writing service to write the larger grant requests that take[…]
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