Mail Center One reopens after cleanup of spilled mercury
Mail Center One at 847 Sumpter Road in Belleville has reopened after clean up of a mercury spill that occurred Jan. 18. Arch Environmental Group, a Hazmat company hired by[…]
Blacksmith hopes to win $10,000 prize to take recovered wife to Hawaii
Susan Duda-Osborne, a Belleville High School teacher who is on a leave of absence as she is treated for breast cancer, announces her husband Chad Osborne has been invited to[…]
VBT Police seek information on armed robbery at BP
The Van Buren Township Police Department is seeking the public’s help in the investigation of an armed robbery that took place at about 12:18 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24, at[…]
Editorial: School Supt. announces cheating on Savage tests
Although the word “cheating” was never used in a letter School Supt. Michael Van Tassel published on the Van Buren Public Schools web site this week, that’s what he described.[…]
MAFF Exec. Director: ‘We’re at an impasse’
Fred Timpner, executive director of the Michigan Association of Fire Fighters, said Friday, Jan. 15, that the union is at an impasse with the city of Belleville over the first[…]
Mercury spill closes Mail Center One
At about 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, the Belleville Fire Department was dispatched to a Hazmat situation at Mail Center One in the Belle Plaza shopping center, 847 Sumpter Road,[…]
League of Women Voters draws about 40 to informational meeting
A crowd of about 40 people from Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter came out in sub-freezing temperatures Monday night, Jan. 18, to learn about the work of the League of[…]
St. Anthony Men’s Club sets annual dance for Jan. 30
Everyone is invited to the St. Anthony Men’s Club’s annual holiday dance beginning with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30, in the Fr. Folta Building behind the church[…]
VBT Police report robbery, carjacking at Lake Villa Apartments
Van Buren Township Police are asking for the public’s help in the investigation of a robbery/carjacking that took place about 11:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, in the parking lot of[…]
Fat Tuesday: Rotarians to host annual Italian Buffet fund raiser
For the eighth year, the Belleville Rotary Club is inviting the public to its Italian Dinner Buffet on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 9, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Van[…]
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