Sumpter Police seek suspects in Oct. 12 Ace chainsaw thefts
Two chainsaws, worth about $600 each, were stolen by two men from the Ace Hardware store in Sumpter Township during business hours on Oct. 12. Then, the next day, about[…]
VBT Police nab couple stealing vacuum cleaners, TVs
Last Thursday, Nov. 4, the Van Buren Township Police Department’s Special Investigative Unit (SIU) received information about a male and female who were stealing flat-screen televisions and “Dyson” vacuum cleaners[…]
Voters pass library millage; put Frazier, Russell on School Board
In Tuesday’s General Election, voters in Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter gave an enthusiastic thumbs up to their library, agreeing to tax themselves .7 mill for 12 years to support[…]
DDA celebration to bring dancing on Main Street
“We’re having an open house for the downtown,” announced Carol Thompson at Monday’s Belleville City Council meeting in explaining the Saturday, Nov. 13 party on Main Street. She was speaking[…]
Belleville Council delays marihuana decisions for 30 days
After more than an hour of public hearing on two ordinances dealing with medical marihuana, on Monday the Belleville City Council voted to table action and extended the moratorium for[…]
VBT Board meets with dept. heads to form budget for 2011
In two days of marathon sessions last week, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees met with department directors to hammer out a balanced budget for 2011. Supervisor Paul White[…]
Sumpter planners question process for Nasser’s building
Sumpter Township Planning Commissioner Matthew Oddy said he has nothing against the new market being built by Joe Nasser at the corner of Willis and Sumpter roads, but he wonders[…]
School Board OKs purchase of 20 new laptops for BHS staff
Administrators at the high school have been asked to analyze and manipulate student data on 1990 computers that jam up and have the keys fall off – “junk,” in the[…]
Election choices include school board, library
Along with deciding on who Michigan’s governor will be and who the state will send to Washington, Lansing, and the courts, local voters will decide on school board candidates, library[…]
Juried fine arts, crafts, antique show proposed as Artaffair on Main
Members of the Belleville Area Council for the Arts were present at the Oct. 18 Belleville City Council meeting to pitch a new event for the city next summer: a[…]
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