On June 28, suspended Van Buren Township Fire Fighter Kenneth Landstrom turned himself into 34th District Court for his arraignment on four misdemeanor charges: three counts of lying to police[…]
Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon granted five Van Buren Township marine officers county-wide powers last Thursday as part of new efforts to combine resources along Wayne County waterways. A swearing-in[…]
After a closed-door session on Friday, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously not to extend the contract of School Supt. Pete Kudlak for another year. When[…]
During the last week of June, the $200,000 kayak/canoe launch at Horizon Park in Belleville was damaged, presumably by vandals. Belleville Downtown Development Authority Coordinator Carol Thompson said the ladder[…]
The radio-read equipment installed in 2007 to read water meters in Sumpter Township failed in early June and the township has been using a loaner system from Southfield. At the[…]
Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood, D-Taylor, recently held his sixth-annual Free Bicycle Helmet Giveaway at the Taylor Farmer’s Market, where more than 100 free bike helmets were give away to children. Families[…]
State Rep. Erika Geiss, D-Taylor, responded enthusiastically to news that online retailing giant Amazon.com Inc. will invest $140 million to build a regional fulfillment center in Romulus that is expected[…]
Belleville Yacht Club was granted final site plan approval to build a Tiki Bar behind its facility at 831 E. Huron River Drive. At its 14-minute regular meeting on June[…]
Belleville Area Museum Director Katie Dallos announces that this year the museum will be hosting 25 summer interns for a program entitled, “The REAL,” through Van Buren Township. “Due to[…]
The Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority (DWMHA) recently awarded Van Buren Township a $47,497 grant to fund a Summer Youth Job Initiative, THE REAL (Revealing Exceptionally Amazing Leaders). The project[…]