Motorcycle Club volunteers clean up Otisville Cemetery
The Nozzlemen motorcycle club got permission from Van Buren Township to clean up Otisville Cemetery on Riggs Road as the group’s annual public service project. On the morning of Oct.[…]
District Library Board discusses what to do about leaking roof
“I think we should talk about the roof,” said Library Director Mary Jo Suchy shortly after the start of the Oct. 11 meeting of the Belleville Area District Library Board.[…]
Volunteers needed to place flags on veterans’ graves at Hillside
The Hillside Cemetery Advisory Committee has issued a request for volunteers to place American flags on the graves of veterans starting at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, preparing the[…]
Sumpter Board puts Michele Roman on 30 days unpaid suspension
On a 6-1 vote, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees put employee Michele Roman on a disciplinary unpaid suspension for 30 days effective immediately. Voting no was Clerk Clarence Hoffman.[…]
Keystone, community support 7-year-old cancer amputee
At the Oct. 11 meeting of the Keystone Academy Board of Directors, Keystone Principal Keturah Godfrey told a story about about a Keystone second grader named Makaela whose cancer came[…]
Sen. Hopgood offers free movie to veterans on Veterans Day, Nov. 11
Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood, D.-Taylor, invites members of the community to his second-annual free Veterans Day movie event on Friday, Nov. 11, at noon, in acknowledgment of the tremendous sacrifice and[…]
Editorial: It’s time to start making those ballot-marking decisions
Now that the absentee ballots are out, people are marking their ballots. Some voters filled them out immediately and others are waiting for more information. Some want to go to[…]
Riggs Heritage Farm House demolished
The 149-year-old Riggs Park Heritage Farm House at the corner of East Huron River Drive and Martinsville Road in Van Buren Township was demolished Monday morning, Oct. 10. The house[…]
About 900 people attend Harvest Fest in Belleville
About 900 people attended Saturday’s Harvest Fest on Fourth Street in downtown Belleville. There were old-time events at the museum, right, and at the library across the street were pony[…]
School Board selects April Crawford to fill vacant seat
At its Oct. 10 regular meeting, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education considered nine applicants to fill the vacant board seat created when vice president Martha Toth recently[…]
Weather