The purple and teal lamppost banners lining Main Street communicate an important message to community members: YOU MATTER. Spearheaded by the Belleville-based nonprofit organization SOOAR (Strategies to Overcome Obstacles and[…]
In the Aug. 27 issue of The Belleville Area Independent, we ran a letter to the editor from Van Buren resident Michael Callahan, a retired circuit court judge. Callahan and[…]
In the Aug. 6 issue of The Belleville Area Independent, I wrote an article about food pantries run by three local churches: Belleville United Methodist, Faith Community, and Be Church.[…]
Now that wording for a recall petition has been approved, the committee seeking recall of the entire Van Buren Township board of trustees is proceeding with collecting signatures. Anti-data-center activists[…]
Following a closed session at the start of the Sept. 1 meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees, board members and attendees shared a moment of silence to[…]
Van Buren Public Schools invited 300 educators and administrators from across the district to an AI Professional Learning Day on Aug. 27 at Belleville High School. Facilitated by the Michigan[…]
Belleville High School had the honor of hosting the Duelist Open 25, an annual multi-day local fencing tournament, on Aug. 29-30. Bringing together fencers from across the United States, the[…]
By Dave Merchant Special to the Independent The Belleville Tiger varsity football team went into the regular season as ranked sixth in the state by State Champs, with the[…]
Editor Emeritus Rosemary Otzman mentioned at least twice in columns that the paper has transitioned from a for-profit model to a nonprofit foundation, The Belleville Area News Foundation. However, I[…]
An overgrown memorial at Van Buren Park has now been transformed into a butterfly garden thanks to the Van Buren Parks & Rec team and a youth program called R.E.A.L..[…]