VBT board approves David McInally as next fire chief
David Cameron McInally, II, who has spent 29 years on the Van Buren Township Fire Department, starting as a Fire Explorer, has been named the township’s next fire chief. At[…]
Belleville offices to close between Christmas and New Year holidays
Belleville City Manager Tracey Schultz Kobylarz announced at Monday’s regular meeting by Zoom that the city offices will be closed between Dec. 25 and when the staff will return to[…]
Court Watching: Murder case against Timothy Moore adjourned until Dec. 9
On Nov. 25, following two motions filed by Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Victoria Shackelford in the murder case of Timothy Eugene Moore, 34th District Court Judge Tina Brooks Green worked[…]
Joe Stafford faces a second charge of robbing a Chase bank
Joe Stafford, who is facing a charge of bank robbery at the Chase bank in Belleville on Nov. 7, has been charged with a second bank robbery, this one in[…]
VBT board approves $2.1 million for meter system replacement
Water System Director James Taylor told the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees that the township’s entire meter system is antiquated technically and needs to be replaced right away. “The[…]
Michigan Downtown Association decides Harris Park is ‘Best’
The Michigan Downtown Association has recognized Harris Park in Van Buren Township as the Best Placemaking Project in the state. Placemaking is a people-centered approach to planning, designing and managing[…]
Sumpter Twp. board removes job for Karen Armatis from agenda
After raucous exchanges and board members yelling at each other at its workshop and regular meeting Nov. 10, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to accept an agenda[…]
Outgoing Sumpter Twp. board cancels all meetings until 2021
At a special, 36-minute meeting on Nov. 17, the outgoing Sumpter Township Board of Trustees reacted to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Nov. 15 announcement of a three-week pause in activities in[…]
Editorial: Heading into the holiday season with heavy hearts
On Friday, Dec. 4, the WinterFest fireworks will go off on the Denton Road bridge and will reflect off Belleville Lake. Thank you to the Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce[…]
Van Buren Schools closed to in-person learning until Jan. 19
The Van Buren Public Schools are closed to in-person learning until Jan. 19. The wholesale switch to virtual learning took place Nov. 30, after Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the three-week[…]
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