Learn how to teach adults to read at special session March 5
Would you like to help an adult learn to read or write? The Belleville-Area District Library is starting a literacy tutoring program and is looking for volunteers. Those interested are[…]
VBT LDFA gets reports on Visteon, Zoo/DIA millage capture law suit
By Diane Madigan Independent Special Writer The Van Buren Township Local Development Finance Authority (LDFA) met Feb. 12 and spent most of its 40-minute meeting talking about the upcoming Visteon[…]
BHS swimmers, divers win league champsionship, undefeated for the season
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The Belleville High School Varsity boys’ swimmers and divers won the Western Wayne Athletic Conference championship on Feb. 22, going undefeated, 7-0, for the[…]
VB School Board gives Supt. Van Tassel rating of ‘highly effective’
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On Feb. 25 after a closed-door session to evaluate the performance of School Supt. Michael Van Tassel, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of[…]
Two BB-gun incidents in Van Buren Township
There were two incidents involving BB guns in Van Buren Township recently. Just after midnight on Feb 4 a 53-year-old VBT resident pointed a pistol BB handgun at a resident[…]
VBT resident reports he was robbed during early-morning walk
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor A Van Buren Township resident told police he was robbed while taking his regular morning walk on Morton Taylor Road. VBT Police Captain Greg[…]
Sumpter parents to go to trial on April 11 for son’s drowning in pool
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter The parents of Oliver Hunt, the 11-month-old child who drowned in a Sumpter Township swimming pool on Aug. 20, returned to court twice last[…]
Gonzalez pleads ‘no contest’ to felony assault, will get 1 year in jail
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter At an appearance on Feb. 1 at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit, Kara Gonzalez, 43, of Sumpter Township pleaded “no contest”[…]
Van Buren Township ratifies 2-year AFSCME union contract
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor A two-year contract with Local 236 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees was unanimously ratified by the Van Buren Township[…]
Belleville City Council approves appointment of Copsey to DDA seat
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Brian Copsey, owner of the Bayou Grill on Main Street in downtown Belleville, was appointed to a seat on the Belleville Downtown Development Authority[…]
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