Public Safety Director: Sumpter residents can warm up, cool down
Sumpter Township Public Safety Director/Police Chief Eric Luke said the township offers a place for residents to warm up or cool down 24-hours a day, seven days a week. He[…]
VBT FD gets help from Sumpter, Belleville to fight Saturday’s fire
He had been working in his pole barn with the wood-burning stove heating it on Saturday afternoon, when he left it for 45 minutes, as he had done several times[…]
Community Chorus starts rehearsals for Spring Concert season
The award-winning Belleville Community Chorus continues its 15th season, beginning rehearsals for the Spring Concert season at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 31, at First United Methodist Church, 417 Charles St.,[…]
Editorial: VBT Board agrees to finally get rid of blended rate
It’s taking a big payoff to six public safety employees for the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees to finally get rid of the blended rate for mostly police officers[…]
News release: VBT Board votes to get rid of blended rate
A news release sent out by Van Buren Township Deputy Supervisor Dan Selman at 7:41 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, announced that the township board of trustees would approve ending the[…]
VBT neighbors concerned over gas station, party store
“I love my house. I love where I am. I thank this gentleman for letting me know about plans for the corner of I-94 S. Service Drive and Haggerty Road,”[…]
Friends of Library reelect Katerina Tyner as president
The Friends of the Belleville Area District Library held their annual general membership meeting on Saturday, Jan. 15. Officers for 2022 were elected. Rika Regentin is treasurer, Manny Lavin is[…]
Congresswoman Dingell invites students to craft Valentines for Veterans
With less than one month until Valentine’s Day, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, MI-12, invites local students to participate in the “Valentines for Veterans” project by making handmade valentine cards for local[…]
Court Watching: Final conference continued to March 14 in Bailey murder cases
Raymond Lee Bailey, 38, of Wyandotte who is charged with murdering four people in Sumpter Township on Aug. 15, 2020, had what was called his sixth “final conference” Jan. 13[…]
Township Supervisor wants Sumpter to have its own museum
At the in-person Jan. 11 workshop before the regular meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees, resident Mary Sherwood asked, “What are we going to do about the museum?”[…]
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