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[…]
Fire extinguished quickly in apartment complex hallway closet
Van Buren Township fire fighters were called to a fire at about 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Providence at Harbour Club apartment complex at 29060 Denton Road. It[…]
Court Watching: Judge Oakley binds over Holmes cousins to face charges at circuit court
The Holmes cousins, both 17 years of age, who were taken into custody after a fight at Belleville High School that injured a police officer waived their preliminary exams before[…]
League of Women Voters to meet at The Q Banquet and Event Center
The League of Women Voters is meeting at 7 p.m. today (Monday, Jan. 18) to organize a chapter from the Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter areas. The meeting was originally[…]
Parents question Van Buren School Board
On Monday, after completion of a month’s worth of business, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education listened to representatives of about 35 parents and others in their audience.[…]
School Board votes to put 18-mill renewal on May 3 election ballot
The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously on Monday to place the renewal of an 18-mill non-Homestead property tax on the May 3 election ballot. This time[…]
Editorial: School Board, Library Board rail on Gov. Snyder
First, it happened Monday night at the School Board meeting. Some very harsh words were said about Gov. Snyder who had just signed SB 571 into law. The legislation bars[…]
Museum to exhibit nostalgic paintings of Belleville by Ellis
The Belleville Area Museum will present a display of “Belleville Nostalgia” paintings by local artist Sandra (Arquette) Ellis from Jan. 19 through Feb. 12. Any paintings sold during or because[…]
Woman held in stabbing at Water’s Edge Apartments
A woman in her 30s from Romulus is being held in custody by Van Buren Township police for a stabbing that occurred about 11:56 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 5, at Water’s[…]
Court Watching: School district says employee embezzled, but he got his job back
David Scott Fletcher was before 34th District Court Judge David Parrott on Jan. 6 after the Van Buren Public Schools complained he had committed embezzlement. Fletcher took a plea deal,[…]
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