After almost two hours of discussion at its Feb. 9 meeting, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend to the township board the Sumpter Road Corridor Plan.[…]
At the regular meeting of the Belleville City Council on Feb. 7, Mayor Pro-Tem Ken Voigt told the story of Steven Strickland, a 28-year-old Sterling Heights man with celebral palsy[…]
Ashley Rachelle Northrup, 34, of Brighton was arraigned by video while in custody in the Van Buren Township Police lockup on Jan. 31. 34th District Court Judge Lisa Martin arraigned[…]
At the one-hour-and-25-minute meeting on Jan. 24, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education: • Approved the resignations of teachers Marcia Newman from the ECC after four years of[…]
By Jeannette Gutierrez President, Michigan Willow Run Chapter American Rosie the Riveter Association In December, a group from the American Rosie the Riveter Association (ARRA), including six real World War[…]
The Belleville City Council approved paying $308,080.10 to the Van Buren Public Schools as reimbursement for overcharges on its water bills from 2016 to 2020. At Monday’s regular meeting of[…]
“It’s long overdue,” said Van Buren Township Trustee Kevin Martin, noting he’s been working for four years to get left-turn arrows at the Belleville Road / Tyler Road intersection. His[…]
Van Buren Township will distribute hundreds of free COVID-19 at-home antigen test kits to residents beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, and continue until they run out. This[…]
At the regular meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees on Feb. 1, Trustee Don Boynton read a list of the township’s new hires as provided by Human[…]
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