Belleville City Council sets annual Holiday Contest
Residents and businesses don’t have to sign up to take part in the annual “Light Up the Town for Christmas in Belleville” holiday decorating contest. At Monday’s regular meeting of[…]
Winter Fest Winners
Main Street Lighting: 1st – Friends Fine Flooring 2nd – Barber Bob 3rd – Denny’s Barbershop Trees at Victory Park 1st – 4-H Fairgrounds 2nd – C&C BBQ 3rd –[…]
Mount St. Joseph University’s MountCast names Borgdorff president
CINCINNATI, OH — Mount St. Joseph University’s MountCast has named its club leaders for the 2018-19 academic year. Noah Borgdorff of Belleville, MI was named president. MountCast is a student-led[…]
VBT Trustee Paul White protests purchase of coats for township board
“I don’t want residents to buy me a winter coat,” Trustee Paul White said during Monday’s work/study session of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees. “The coats cost $85[…]
Editorial: Tri-community seems to be opting out of pot shops
Since the Nov. 6 election that approved recreational marijuana in Michigan, the tri-community municipalities have been heading toward opt-out status – for now. They can’t opt out of recreational marijuana[…]
Tri-Community Fire Chiefs to lead Winter Fest Parade
Belleville Fire Chief Brian Loranger, Sumpter Fire Chief Joe Januszyk and Van Buren Township Fire Chief Amy Brow are the grand marshals of this year’s lighted Winter Fest Parade put[…]
City of Belleville expects to opt out of recreational marijuana businesses
Members of the Belleville City Council received information in their packets from the city attorney on the new law approving recreational marijuana and marijuana businesses. But nothing on the subject[…]
School Board urges lame duck legislators to leave education alone
The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education joined with other school boards in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties in urging the lame duck legislature in Lansing to leave education[…]
Sumpter Township sets special board meeting to handle business
After being unable to have a board meeting on Nov. 13 to conduct business because of a lack of a quorum, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees held a special[…]
Belleville teen bound over on 7 felony charges after fleeing police
Nathan Patrick-Thomas Ling, 17, of Belleville waived his preliminary exam before a 19th District Court judge on Nov. 19 and was bound over to circuit court for an arraignment on[…]
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