Editorial: Clerk Leon Wright commended for teaching voting
We commend Van Buren Township Clerk Leon Wright for teaching students at Belleville High School how to vote. Year after year, for 12 years, Clerk Wright has gathered a few[…]
VBT BZA OKs BYC 85.3′ dock lengths on 4-3 vote
After about another hour of discussion on the issue, at its May 9 meeting the Van Buren Township Board of Zoning Appeals approved an exception for the Belleville Yacht Club,[…]
Council names acting police chief, acting city manager
At its May 15 regular meeting, the Belleville City Council voted unanimously to appoint Police Sgt. Kris Faull as acting police chief and the city’s project manager Steve Jones as[…]
Belleville gives awards to BHS team that saved a life
At the May 15 meeting of the Belleville City Council three school employees, who were part of the school’s Emergency Response Team, were presented with Life Saving Awards. They saved[…]
Guiding Harbor to celebrate 65 years of service in Belleville
Guiding Harbor will celebrate 65 years of services to Michigan’s children at a Tea and Tour on June 3. The afternoon event will be held at Holiday Inn Belleville. After[…]
Jermain Crowell, Jr. coached 3rd-place state wrestling champ
Jermain Crowell, Jr., of Detroit, said he served as head wrestling coach at Stoney Creek High School in the Rochester Community School District during the latest season which ended in[…]
Court Watching
Susan Gene Johnson Susan Gene Johnson, 65, of Van Buren Township, was charged with littering on private property at 4:45 p.m., April 18, in the city of Belleville. She was[…]
Library Director Suchy reports on apparent suicide at library garden
As part of her monthly report at the regular meeting of the Belleville Area District Library on May 9, Director Mary Jo Suchy told of the recent death at the[…]
BHS Class of 1953 plans 70th reunion on Sept. 15 at Johnny’s on the Lake
The Belleville High School Class of 1953 will hold its 70th reunion at 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 15, at Johnny’s on the Lake, 146 High St., in Belleville. This is[…]
Court Watching: Waste Management pays $12,373 in fines for early April violations
At 34th District Court on May 10, attorney Sean Powers, representing Waste Management of Michigan, conferred with the Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Rima Yahfoufi and then agreed to pay reduced[…]
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