Editorial: Sunshine Week — Restoring trust with transparency
By Eric Hamp, president Michigan Press Association Freedom of the press is important to those who have chosen to be journalists and serve as the peoples’ watchdogs in America for[…]
City council votes to complete purchase of 330 Charles St.
After a 35-minute closed-door session on March 17, the Belleville City Council voted unanimously to have the city manager move forward on the purchase of 330 Charles St. for a[…]
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Forty teams compete at FIRST Robotics Competition at BHS
From March 12 to 15, the FIRST Robotics state district competition for 2025 was held at Belleville High School and drew a large crowd. There were 40 teams, including Belleville[…]
Sumpter selects new township manager on split 5-2 board vote
After three special meetings to interview candidates for the open township manager position, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees selected Ken Marten on a 5-2 vote. This was at the[…]
Belleville planners meet police officer who does ordinance enforcement
Belleville Police Officer Jeff Gueli met with the Belleville Planning Commission at its regular meeting March 13 to explain what work he is doing in ordinance enforcement. Officer Gueli said[…]
More looking back: 30 years ago, this is what was happening in the tri-community
We are celebrating completion of our 30th year of publication by printing stories from our earliest issues to show what was happening in Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter. In our[…]
VB School Board may purchase new server to avoid 25% tariff
A special meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education was set for 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, to buy an internet server that was expected to go[…]
VBT planners wrestle with new ordinance on Battery Energy Storage
The Van Buren Township Planning Commission discussed for an hour at its March 12 meeting a draft ordinance to control Battery Energy Storage Systems. The state recently passed Public Act[…]
Court Watching
Sifuentes Noe Uribe Sifuentes Noe Uribe, 35, of Van Buren Township was charged with home invasion second degree and unlawful driving away of an auto on Feb. 15 in the[…]
Editorial: We are going to miss Jerry McKelvey
Gerald McKelvey, who was part of the Belleville-Area Independent since its start, died over the weekend in hospice care at the VA Hospital in Ann Arbor. Jerry was one of[…]
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