By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Last September, Joe Januszyk was named interim fire chief for Sumpter Township after the sudden resignation of his brother-in-law, longtime Fire Chief Leslie Powell.[…]
A Romulus Farmers Market planning meeting is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, at the Romulus Senior Center, 36525 Bibbins St. Any interested vendors and volunteers are asked[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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”[…]