Sumpter Police Chief Luke is Grand Marshal of parade
Sumpter Township Police Chief Eric Luke will serve as the Grand Marshal of Saturday’s 40th Strawberry Festival Parade that steps off from Belleville High School at 11 a.m. The parade[…]
Car crashes into Hayward’s, falls on deck just short of lake
Just 10 minutes after officers in a Belleville Police patrol vehicle had pulled out of a favorite spot where it runs radar checks on vehicles coming over the Belleville Bridge,[…]
VBPS suspends four Savage teachers without pay after they file law suit
Less than a week after filing a Civil Rights law suit against the Van Buren Public Schools, four teachers that had been at Savage Elementary School were suspended, without pay,[…]
Coach Peggy Curtis, BHS Softball team win District Title for 5th year
Belleville High School Coach Peggy Curtis and her BHS Softball Team won the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s District title for the fifth year in a row. The varsity softball[…]
School Board approves 3-year contract for Supt. Kudlak with salary of $130,000
A three-year contract for new School Supt. Peter Kudlak was unanimously approved by the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education at its regular meeting June 13. Trustee Sherry Frazier[…]
Belleville City Council adopts budget, welcomes new clerk/treasurer
On Monday, June 6, the Belleville City Council adopted its 2016-17 general fund budget of $2,026,088 on a 4-1 vote, with Councilwoman Kim Tindall casting the only no vote. She[…]
Motorcycle accident kills Maybee man early Sunday morning
On Sunday, June 12, at about 2:34 a.m. Van Buren Township Police and Fire personnel were dispatched to the area of East Huron River Drive and Edison Lake for a[…]
Music Lakeside to begin season June 23 with River Raisin Ragtime
This summer’s weekly Music Lakeside concerts at Horizon Park in Belleville kick off at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 23, with River Raisin Ragtime Review. The rest of the summer schedule,[…]
Summer Reading Program under way at Belleville Library
Registration is in full swing for the Summer Reading Program for kids at the Belleville Area District Library. Programs start next week. Preschool Schedule (Read-to-Me) Wednesdays, 7 p.m. June 22-July[…]
Correction: Sculpture leases total $15,590
The cost we printed on last week’s front page for the total cost of leasing the ten outdoor sculptures from Michigan Sculpture Initiative was a little higher than it should[…]
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