Sumpter Board helps celebrate the late Foster E. Sherwood
The life of the late World War II veteran Foster E. Sherwood of Sumpter Township was celebrated at the Oct. 27 meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees. Leroy[…]
City Council to consider $10 million project to upgrade city streets
The Belleville City Council will take the next four months or so to consider a $10 million project to upgrade all the streets in the city to stop the deterioration.[…]
Voters turn down Van Buren Township Public Safety millage, approve school Sinking Fund
Van Buren Township voters turned down a 6.5-mill proposal for Public Safety in Tuesday’s general election. The vote was 1,940 no to 1,543 yes. While most of the precincts supported[…]
Nov. 3 election to decide millages, council seats
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, throughout the state of Michigan as voters make their decisions. In Belleville, voters will fill[…]
VBT meets with Army Corps of Engineers on proposal for landfill
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering US Ecology hazardous waste landfill in Van Buren Township for a Superfund Cleanup disposal site. At the regular meeting of the VBT[…]
Editorial: VBT DDA moves on rights of way for Belleville Road
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority a motion was passed unanimously to move forward with a $262,000 plan to work on getting 29 rights of[…]
Belleville candidates for mayor, council appear on meet the candidate session
All the candidates that will be on the Nov. 3 election ballot in the city of Belleville, plus two write-in candidates, were present for a Meet the Candidate session put[…]
VBT budget: How about getting a new K-9 officer?
Getting a new police dog was one of the items discussed at last Thursday and Friday’s daylong budget sessions for the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees. They were considering[…]
Court Watching: Chapman DNA case adjourned until Nov. 9 before Oakley
34th District Court Judge Brian A. Oakley adjourned the misdemeanor DNA case of James Forrest Chapman until 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 9. After Chapman’s attorney John Day asked 34th District[…]
Western Michigan University names 9 local students to dean’s list
Western Michigan University has announced that the following nine students who live in Belleville have been named to the Spring 2015 Dean’s List: • Dakota Cardinal, majoring in Aviation Mantenance[…]
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