Editorial: Heading into our holiday season
As our friends head south as Snow Birds, the rest of us hunker down for the season of cold and snow and great holidays. Halloween is over and our time[…]
Belleville DDA goes into 47-min. closed session to consider three properties
The city of Belleville Downtown Development Authority held a 47-minute closed-door session during its regular meeting on Oct. 18 and then voted unanimously to move forward with hiring an appraiser[…]
Five run for five seats on Belleville City Council on Nov. 7
Five candidates are running unopposed for five seats on the Belleville City Council in the Nov. 7 election. Kenneth Voigt is running for mayor. Running for council are Jeremiah Beebe,[…]
VBT holds special meeting to hire firm to set up museum displays
High-bidder Niche Design of Saginaw was awarded the $224,000 contract for the Belleville Area Museum Exhibit Project by the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees’ at a special meeting Oct.[…]
Sumpter Twp. board approves early-voting plan under protest
The Sumpter Township Board of Trustees approved the state constitution’s new early-voting plan at its Oct. 10 regular meeting, but most of the votes were under protest. Trustee Tim Rush[…]
Pet Loss Support Group meets 1st, 3rd Monday
The Pet Loss Support Group meets from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month at the Brown Family Center. This community group that meets[…]
Hampton Manor changes removed from VBT commission agenda
The requested changes for the site plan for the almost complete Hampton Manor construction in Van Buren Township were removed from the agenda before the regular meeting of the planning[…]
Belleville Fire Dept. does reverse trick or treat
Belleville Fire surprised the residents of Belleville Co-op on Sumpter Road on Saturday, Oct. 28, during their Halloween party for what they dubbed as “reverse trick or treat.” Chief II[…]
Sexton, 53, of Belleville charged with Oakland County bank robbery
Shannon Donald Sexton, 53, of Belleville, who is on parole from a 2014 federal bank robbery conviction, is being held on a $1 million bond after he was charged Oct.[…]
Holiday Book Fest set for Saturday, Sunday at Belleville Area Library
The Friends of the Belleville Area District Library will present its Holiday Book Fest sale of used books and other media this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 4 and 5 at[…]
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