Belleville Rotary Club works on Victory Park Gazebo
On June 1, the Rotary Club of Belleville gathered at the Victory Park Gazebo to weed the beds and plant flowers for the summer season. Rotary, with funding from the[…]
Nick Rafferty earns Eagle Scout award
Nick Rafferty, the son of Derek Rafferty and Kattie Rafferty of Belleville, became an Eagle Scout in Troop 231 on May 26. Nick is a 2021 graduate of Belleville High[…]
VBT planners approve revised site plan for new homes in Country Walk
Upland Homes Country Walk has about 15 or 16 lots left on which to build in the subdivision and it wants to build a smaller colonial than it has available.[…]
Belleville DDA meets in special session to consider Thompson replacement
The Belleville Downtown Development Authority met in special zoom session on May 26 to discuss how to replace DDA Coordinator Carol Thompson who has resigned as of June 1. After[…]
Van Buren Twp. to hire youth for R.E.A.L. summer youth program
Van Buren Township is hiring youth positions, ages 16-24, for the R.E.A.L. (Revealing Exceptionally Amazing Leaders) summer youth program. Positions include youth community manager, groundskeeper, community ambassadors team leaders, and[…]
VBT offers limited reopening for Senior Center programs
VBT news release Van Buren Township’s Senior Center announces the reopening of programs and classes beginning Monday, June 14, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. only. “We’ve[…]
Editorial: Ceremony in Belleville honors our military heroes
On May 31, a crowd gathered at the Veterans’ Memorial in Belleville on the shore of Belleville Lake to honor those who gave their lives for our country. Until COVID[…]
Library Board considers millage renewal
Members of the Belleville Area District Library Board discussed the best way to go about renewing the 0.7 mill that was approved by voters in 2010 and is expiring with[…]
City manager: Public education to solve blight
At the May 17 regular meeting of the Belleville City Council, Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Marcotte said there were two scrap cars at what had been called the “green monster,”[…]
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist swamped out in VBT fire
Among those whose apartments were destroyed by the May 24 fire at The Waverly on the Lake apartments in Van Buren Township was Pultizer Prize winning journalist J. Ross Baughman.[…]
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