Editorial: This is National Newspaper Week
Can you imagine what the Belleville area would be without a local newspaper? You could get various bits and pieces of information and gossip on social media. You could watch[…]
Wayne County closes Denton Road bridge, ‘unsafe for travel’
After an engineering dive team completed an underwater structural analysis of the Denton Road Bridge, Wayne County closed the bridge on Monday to all traffic until further notice. The bridge[…]
City Councilwoman Amy Henry resigns because she is moving
Belleville City Manager/Police Chief Dave Robinson announced Tuesday morning that City Councilwoman Amy Henry is resigning to move to Van Buren Township because she and her husband got an offer[…]
Two die in back-to-back accidents on Belleville Rd., semi driver charged
On Friday, Sept. 30, the Van Buren Police Department responded to two unrelated, serious crashes resulting in two fatalities, near the intersection of Belleville and Ecorse roads in Van Buren[…]
Man shot in back Oct. 1 while driving EB on I-94 in VBT
A man was shot once in the back at about 5:05 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, while driving eastbound on the I-94 freeway near Haggerty Road in Van Buren Township, according[…]
Woman run over in VBT road rage incident on Haggerty near Savage
On Monday, Oct. 3, at about 6:30 p.m., the Van Buren Township Police Department responded to a report of a female struck by a vehicle in the area of Haggerty[…]
Belleville to seek donations for paving of Hillside Cemetery roads
Belleville City Manager/Police Chief Dave Robinson told the city council at Monday’s meeting that there are people interested in donating money to pave the roadways in Hillside Cemetery. He doesn’t[…]
Republic Services now owns US Ecology, Wayne Disposal landfills
On July 20, Van Buren Township received an email from Alex Hurley of US Ecology answering questions posed by VBT Director of Planning and Economic Development Dan Power on behalf[…]
Home turned into office, turned into home again finally may get OK
William Ellis of Van Buren Township said he didn’t realize that asking for approval to sell a house as a residence, as it once had been, would lead to everything[…]
Atchinson keeps meeting going past first adjournment to second
After a motion was made to adjourn the Sept. 28 meeting of the Van Buren Township Planning Commission and the meeting was adjourned, Commissioner Medina Atchinson said she votes “nay”[…]
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