Donate Life Day celebrated at Secretary of State office
Donate Life Day was celebrated at the Belleville Secretary of State office on April 11 as staff was thanked for working to expand the Michigan Organ Donor Registry by asking[…]
Phyllis Guerra wins Viewers Choice Award at Quilt Show
Phyllis Guerra, a member of the Western Wayne Quilters Guild, won the first-place Viewers Choice award in this year’s quilt show at the Belleville Area Museum. Her quilt was “Sun[…]
Sumpter Township police officers honored for work in 2017
During the April 10 Sumpter Township board meeting, police department awards for 2017 were presented by Director of Public Safety/ Chief of Police Eric Luke. The following awards were announced:[…]
Court Watching: Brad Fields found competent to face murder charges
Brad Edwards Fields, 28, has been found competent to face murder charges in the death of his girlfriend’s child, Gabby, in a Sumpter Township mobile home on New Year’s Day.[…]
Board awards contracts for first phase of library building construction
At its regular meeting April 10, the Belleville Area District Library Board officially awarded contracts for Bid Pack 1 for site construction of the new library to the following subcontractors:[…]
Editorial: It may be raining, but library ground breaking is still on
At the April 10 meeting of the Belleville Area District Library Board no one was daunted by a forecast of rain all day Saturday, April 14. They are having their[…]
Van Buren Township Trustee arraigned for shoplifting
Van Buren Township Trustee Sherry Frazier, 69, was arraigned April 4 before 23rd District Court Judge Geno D. Salomone in Taylor on a criminal misdemeanor charge of larceny. Her attorney[…]
Award-winning, solar-powered rest station attacked by vandals
Riggs Park solar-powered restroom building on Martinsville Road between East Huron River Drive and Savage Road in Van Buren Township has been vandalized, apparently with landscaping rocks thrown at the[…]
VBT Board approves definitive agreement for DUWA ownership
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a resolution accepting the definitive transfer agreement on the Downriver Utility Wastewater Authority (DUWA) and to authorize its representative[…]
Court Watching: Competency exam ordered at district court for Robert Bulmer
A psychiatric exam has been ordered for Robert John Bulmer, 29, of Milan to see if he has criminal responsibility and competency to stand trial on charges of malicious destruction[…]
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