On Oct. 18, in its first meeting since July 19, the Belleville Downtown Development Authority, with a bare quorum attending, finally approved its 2017-18 budget. The DDA met with five[…]
Eleven parcels of land the township owned was sold to bidders as presented to the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees at its Nov. 28 meeting. The names of the bidders[…]
At about 9 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 27, a woman who lives on the shore of Belleville Lake called Van Buren Township to report a deer who was out on the[…]
The Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce (SWCRC) and the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) announce the establishment of free, walk-in mentoring sessions for small businesses. SCORE mentors[…]
There were lots of changes in 2017 — worldwide, nationwide, statewide, and locally. We’ll let the media with larger staffs take care of reporting outside the 48111 borders. We’ll take[…]
About 50 people were in the audience of the almost three-hour meeting on Dec. 19 when the Van Buren Township Board voted 4-3 to approve the fifth amendment to the[…]
In January, the Van Buren Township Environmental Commission will begin discussions on the proposed drawdown of Belleville Lake in 2019. At its regular meeting Dec. 20, Commission Chairman Dave Brownlee[…]
Last year when the Belleville Area District Library Board wanted to give the library director a raise, she used the money to help pay for other expenses in the library.[…]
During recent meetings on the fifth amendment to its host agreement with Van Buren Township, Waste Management offered phone numbers for the public to call if people had concerns about[…]
This year marked the fifth anniversary the Van Buren Township clerk’s office provided the gift of warmth to students in the Van Buren Public School District. Since beginning the “Coats[…]