Belleville News

Corp. Ken Voight from Belleville Police was pleased to report that the June 19 to 21 Strawberry Festival was the "smoothest" event that they have had in years.

Local entertainers are getting that once in a lifetime lucky break in the Lakeshore Star Search even happening through Sunday at the Lakeshore Family Festival at the Lakeshore Apartment grounds located on Grove Road in Ypsilanti.

Paul Reeves, a middle school principal from Mount Clemens Community Schools, was selected Monday to be East Jackson Community Schools' first new superintendent in more than a quarter century.

Van Buren Township Historian and co-author of "Water Under the Bridge: A History of Van Buren Township," Cathy Horste, recently announced two unusual tours available to the public during the June 16 Township Board meeting.

The Fred C. Fischer Library will host its fourth annual Garden Walk from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 26.

The Belleville National Strawberry Festival's Strawberry Idol contest provided as much drama, entertainment and excitement as the television show that inspired it.

In his 40 years in education, Paul Druker said his proudest achievement occurs whenever a former student comes back to announce they're a college graduate.

The race to be East Jackson Community Schools' next superintendent is down to the wire, and the two finalists appear to be running neck-and-neck. The school board conducted second interviews with finalists Brooke Ballee and Paul Reeves on Monday night at a special meeting attended by about 50 people, then agreed by consensus to conduct site visits ...

Lots of fun and excitement is planned for the 2009 Belleville Strawberry Festival, which is the 33rd anniversary of the Father's Day weekend celebration.

Belleville's Garden Fantasy, 10501 Haggerty Road, has been named in The Knot magazine for Best of Wedding by local brides.

When it comes to parades, the physical layout of Belleville's parade route only adds to the excitement.

Nine southeastern Michigan communities are signing on to a plan to create a 60,000-acre "aerotropolis" to lure aviation-related businesses to the area near Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

Model and beauty pageant winner Daphne Rice of Ypsilanti is organizing a Miss Ypsilanti Beauty Pageant.

Michigan State Police said an accident occurred on eastbound Interstate 94 in Belleville that has caused traffic problems.

The B-25 Mitchell bomber is not the fastest plane Bob Bolinder ever flew, but the 86-year-old World War II veteran said it was a real workhorse.

These are the 1902 diaries of a young teen-age girl named Reva Ruthruff . Her great-granddaughter Toni Hunt has graciously allowed up to reprint them.

BELLEVILLE, MI, June 4, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Estefania Viana Furr, Chairwoman of the Special Education Department of South Middle School, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of special education.

As part of its bankruptcy deal announced on Monday, GM will be permanently closing down 11 of its plants, leaving approximately 21,000 people jobless.

Editor's Note: Because of time constraints, all comments from Tuesday night's meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees regarding the firing of the public safety director could not be fit into this article.

In a sweeping and monumental announcement Monday, General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection making the crestfallen industry the fourth-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history and largest manufacturing bankruptcy ever.