L&W employees overwhelmed with huge bonus checks
Employees at L&W, Inc. report they received large bonus checks from former chairman of the board Wayne D. Jones on May 24, following the final closing of the L&W sale[…]
Court Watching: Frazier takes plea deal; after 12 months, charge would be dismissed
Van Buren Township Trustee Sherry Frazier took a plea deal and the shoplifting charge against her will be dismissed after 12 months if there are no further charges. Frazier was[…]
Sumpter Township parade winners
The following entries won awards in Saturday’s Sumpter Township Country Fest Parade: • Float: 1st place – Belleville Moose Lodge • Community Organization: 1st place – Friends of Michigan Animals[…]
Sen. Hopgood to give away bicycle helmets for the 7th straight year
In partnership with the Taylor Conservatory Foundation and Programs to Educate All Cyclists (PEAC), Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood, D–Taylor, will host his seventh-annual Children’s Bicycle Helmet Giveaway on Friday, June 15,[…]
VBT Board censures Frazier, passes new meeting conduct policy
On a 4-2 vote at the end of its May 16 meeting, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees censured Trustee Sherry Frazier and removed her from her board liaison[…]
Metro Park Party Store seeks approval for 4-pump gas station
Metro Park Party Store, at the southwest corner of Haggerty and East Huron River Drive in Van Buren Township, wants to put four gas pumps in its strip mall parking[…]
VBT DDA approves paying $25,000 for Aerotropolis dues
After a presentation by Director Rob Luce May 22 on everything Detroit Region Aerotropolis is doing to promote development in the region, and Van Buren Township in particular, the VBT[…]
Sumpter Township board meeting turns rowdy as election nears
There was arguing and shouting and gavel-hammering and even the township supervisor directing the police chief to remove from the meeting a trustee sitting at the board table. This was[…]
Township of Sumpter Resolution 2018-09
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CORRECTING THE RECENT UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATION TO THE WELL ESTABLISHED IDENTIFICATION OF THE BELLEVILLE POST OFFICE THAT HAS EXISTED FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SUMPTER TOWNSHIP IN EXCESS[…]
Nixel Alert: Report all suspicious activity
Over the past few weeks, several home invasions have occurred in surrounding communities. Please, keep an eye out for suspicious activity and report it immediately. Be the extra set of[…]
Weather