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”[…]
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[…]
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[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Terry Carroll, Van Buren Township Director of Planning and Economic Development, left township employment on Friday, Feb. 8, and on Monday, Feb. 11, an[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Three Belleville businessmen attended the Feb. 14 meeting of the city Planning Commission to express their deep concerns about the Downtown Overlay District rules[…]