By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At a 12-minute meeting on Monday, the Belleville City Council approved spending up to $15,000 to get a new 12-inch water valve installed because[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Special Writer There are trees growing in the unsightly fence in the road right of way along Belleville Road and that is one of the reasons[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Special Writer The Belleville Area District Library Board will get updates on new appraisal figures for the DNR site and the house next door at its[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Louis Kovach’s battle with Van Buren Township over lot splits is over – and he couldn’t be happier. Kovach said Van Buren Township Supervisor[…]
With a focus on enhancing services and efficiencies, the Van Buren Township Fire Department has recently implemented a “smaller” response to calls for emergency medical service. In 2012, the Fire[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Following more than an hour of discussion in closed-door session on the afternoon of March 25, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees came[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter At his March 20 conference, Charles Craig of Van Buren Township rejected a plea bargain agreement offered by Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Chastity Ann[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees approved paying Wade Trim engineers a lump sum of $5,000 to do the design and bidding work[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The City of Belleville and its Police Department union have been negotiating for many, many months on the contract that expired June 30, 2011.[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At its March 25 regular meeting, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education decided to take no action on a part of School[…]