VBT meets with Army Corps of Engineers on proposal for landfill
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering US Ecology hazardous waste landfill in Van Buren Township for a Superfund Cleanup disposal site. At the regular meeting of the VBT[…]
Editorial: VBT DDA moves on rights of way for Belleville Road
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority a motion was passed unanimously to move forward with a $262,000 plan to work on getting 29 rights of[…]
Belleville candidates for mayor, council appear on meet the candidate session
All the candidates that will be on the Nov. 3 election ballot in the city of Belleville, plus two write-in candidates, were present for a Meet the Candidate session put[…]
VBT budget: How about getting a new K-9 officer?
Getting a new police dog was one of the items discussed at last Thursday and Friday’s daylong budget sessions for the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees. They were considering[…]
Court Watching: Chapman DNA case adjourned until Nov. 9 before Oakley
34th District Court Judge Brian A. Oakley adjourned the misdemeanor DNA case of James Forrest Chapman until 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 9. After Chapman’s attorney John Day asked 34th District[…]
Western Michigan University names 9 local students to dean’s list
Western Michigan University has announced that the following nine students who live in Belleville have been named to the Spring 2015 Dean’s List: • Dakota Cardinal, majoring in Aviation Mantenance[…]
Willow United Methodist Church collecting diapers
The Willow United Methodist Church invites the public to join in their collection of all sizes of diapers to aid parents and seniors in the communities where finances fall short[…]
VBT Trustee Phil Hart gets recognition from Wayne County Commission
At the Oct. 20 regular meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees, the board witnessed Wayne County Commissioner Al Haidous present VBT Trustee Phil Hart with a framed[…]
VBT police to have increased patrols for Halloween night
Van Buren Township Public Safety Director Greg Laurain said historically VBT police and fire have increased personnel staffing on Halloween evening when the communities’ children are out and about trick[…]
Rollover accident in Sumpter ejects two, injures one more
Sumpter Township Police and Fire were dispatched to a single-vehicle, rollover accident at about 4:39 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20, on Sumpter Road, north of Wear Road. Two of the three[…]
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