City Council OKs 30 more years of DDA tax captures
At its meeting on Feb. 16, the Belleville City Council approved the Downtown Development and TIF Plan 2015 Amendment that keeps the DDA in place for another 30 years. At[…]
VBT Planners may set aside proposed Lake Ordinance for revisions
After a meeting at the BYC and another informational meeting at the Van Buren Township Hall last week, both with more than 80 unhappy people present, a recommendation was made[…]
Road analysis comes up with millage of 9.24 or 13.07 for city street work
At its Feb. 16 meeting, the Belleville City Council reviewed a Road Bond Analysis of how much taxpayers would have to pay to have all the city streets fixed. Council[…]
Editorial: VB School Board doesn’t get it
We can’t understand why the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education held a large crowd of concerned parents and teachers hostage while they pursued action against a board member[…]
VB School Board meets in closed session to try to get Frazier to quit
About 50 members of the public had to wait two hours before the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education finally started its special session to rescind the May 3[…]
VB School Board decides not to hold millage election May 3
The May 3 election has been cancelled. The only question on the ballot was to be the proposed renewal of the Van Buren Public Schools’ 18-mills Non-Homestead Property Tax renewal.[…]
Free legal advice offered on how to save your home from Medicaid
Attorneys Barbara Rogalle Miller and Kathlene Walch will give a free presentation on how to save your home from Medicaid and give it to your children. The informational session is[…]
BHS to open pool to the public on Friday, Feb. 19, for Family Swim
Belleville High School will open its pool to the community on Friday, Feb. 19. Hours will be 6-8 p.m. with a fee of $5 per swimmer. Parents swimming and parents[…]
Court Watching: All three men in Sumpter roller rink crimes now in custody
The third suspect in the Sumpter roller rink stabbing and gunplay on Halloween 2014 is now in custody. Santino Dominic Deleon, 24, a habitual offender from Saginaw, was scheduled to[…]
VBT DDA gives tentative OK to design pedestrian bridge
Engineers Wade Trim were given a tentative OK by the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority to do pre-design work not to exceed $46,000 for a $2 million pedestrian bridge[…]
Weather