VBT DDA hires Wade Trim for new Capital Improvement Plan
Wade Trim was hired by the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority for a lump sum of $21,000 to help a subcommittee put together a new “wish list” of capital[…]
Belleville High School prepares for Oct. 11 Homecoming game
The Belleville High School Student Council will be hosting a Homecoming Tailgate before the Homecoming game with Stevenson High School on Oct. 11. For more information about purchasing a reserved[…]
Keystone attorney, NHA attorney to attend next school board meeting
The attorney that represents Keystone Charter Academy school board and an attorney from National Heritage Academies, that provides all educational services to Keystone Academy, are expected to lock horns at[…]
District Library board approves $33,863.60 for cutting-edge services
The new library now under construction next to the present library will have a variety of new ways to help the public with cutting-edge services. At the Aug. 13 meeting[…]
Court Watching: Michael Runyon waives exam, is bound over to circuit court
On Aug. 28, Michael Alan Lee Runyon, 27, waived his preliminary exam before 34th District Court Judge Brian A. Oakley on a charge of assault with intent to commit great[…]
Court Watching: Teen charged with killing man in crash gets competency hearing
The preliminary exam of Micaiah Carlin Minor, 17, of Canton was set for Sept. 4 before Chief 34th District Court Judge Tina Brooks Green, but his retained attorney David Cripps[…]
Editorial: Nov. 5 absentee ballots to be available as of Saturday
The Nov. 5 election is warming up and this year we can vote from home without an excuse because of last year’s decision by voters. Absentee ballots are supposed to[…]
Community marks 9/11 with ceremony at Lunch Box
Representatives of Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter gathered at the Lunch Box restaurant on Main Street in Belleville on Sept. 11 to remember the terrorist attacks 18 years earlier. The[…]
School Board gets plans for bond money
At Monday’s meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, Plant Operations Director James Williams gave an in-depth presentation on plans for the proposed bond issue, with a[…]
It’s almost time for the Visteon bond shortfall
Members of the Van Buren Township Local Development Finance Authority noted at their Sept. 10 meeting that the shortfall in the money available to pay the Visteon bonds would occur[…]
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