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City of Belleville stepping up efforts to restore anti-slavery activist Koerner’s home
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA volunteer committee has spent more than 20 years chipping away at a list of goals for the Gustave...
Highland Around Town - April 10 edition
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNoon Friday, April 12, is the deadline to appear in next week’s “Around Town” listing. We must receive your event in writing with a contact phone number...
Did Lincoln sleep in Belleville? Local historian believes he has found the answer
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIt’s been well-documented that the future U.S. president arrived by train, spoke at political...
Using legal tool, Belleville group shifts into high gear renovating derelict homes
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA group of Belleville-area residents has been buying and renovating derelict buildings on the west...
Walnut Hill Cemetery is Belleville’s oldest. Here’s a who’s who of those buried there
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOn 50 acres off Mascoutah Avenue, almost as far south in Belleville as you can get, is the gently...
Breakthrough leads to sale of city-owned historic building in downtown Belleville
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBelleville City Council has agreed to sell a deteriorating city-owned building and vacant lot in a...
Deal for historic renovation in Belleville collapses. Developer blames ‘politics.’
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA small group of Belleville residents led by a former congressman spent more than two years fighting...