Sumpter supports risk reduction program to help vulnerable people
An autistic child ran away from home and was hiding from police who were trying to find him. Police drove up and down the streets, playing the child’s favorite song[…]
VBT planners OK independent senior housing
A 128-unit independent senior housing apartment building received approval for construction on a 17.7-acre parcel on the west side of Belleville Road, just south of Robson Road. Clover Communities of[…]
VBT DDA hears report from Aerotropolis
Chrisopher Girdwood, who has been head of the Aerotropolis program for a year and a half, gave a report to the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority at its March[…]
Rawsonville Elementary students compete with ideas on helping others
A fourth-grade class at Rawsonville Elementary School, doing virtual learning, wrote persuasive essays where they were asked to convince the class to vote for their favorite social cause. Fourth-grade teacher[…]
Editorial: Belleville changing – hopefully for the better
Local residents and business persons are concerned about what the new marijuana industry approved in the city of Belleville will bring to us. It’s sure to bring more traffic, says[…]
Court Watching: Preliminary exam under way in Egypt Covington murder case
The live preliminary exam for three defendants in the June 22, 1917 murder of Egypt Covington in Van Buren Township began Monday morning, March 22, before 34th District Court Judge[…]
District Library board approves new library logo, OKs art pieces
A 40-pound, 4’x8’ wrapped canvas painted in the style of Jackson Pollack will be hung on hooks on a white wall across from the Atchinson sign in the atrium of[…]
VBT approves $150,000 for new museum addition
A plan to construct a glass enclosure to connect the separate Belleville Area Museum and the decommissioned Van Buren Fire Station #1 in the city of Belleville was approved on[…]
School Board agrees it’s too early for sinking fund renewal election
At the March 22 regular meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the first in-person meeting for several months, the board informally decided that this November was[…]
Roy Mandeville found dead in shelter in the woods
Roy Mandeville, 60, a local homeless man who lived in a makeshift shelter in the woods behind the Water Works Auto Wash at 300 Sumpter Rd., was found dead in[…]
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