Editorial: Please be patient with us as we try to print all the news
We are publishing fewer pages each week these days because our advertising numbers are down. We only print as many pages as we can afford to pay for and so[…]
Lori Day, Pete Pitzen to serve as Grand Marshals for parade
Lori Day of Van Buren Township and Pete Pitzen of Belleville will serve as the Grand Marshals of Belleville’s Memorial Day parade at 10 a.m. Monday, May 25. The parade[…]
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Teacher Paige Fordice named Kiwanis Employee of the Year
McBride Middle School math teacher Paige Fordice was presented with the Kiwanis Employee of the Year Award at the May 11 meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of[…]
School board considers $143,961 band tower for BHS football field
A 31-foot-tall band tower for the Belleville High School football field was described at the May 11 meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education. The project cost[…]
Community considers future of its hometown newspaper
Dell Deaton Contributing Writer Some 70 people gathered at the downtown library May 7 for “a meeting about keeping your local newspaper.” It’s a challenge that has two big parts.[…]
First fund-raising event set July 16 for new newspaper foundation
Master of ceremonies at the May 7 meeting to discuss the Independent was Harry Van Gelder, who also is a member of the nonprofit Belleville Newspaper Foundation board. He said[…]
VBT denies special land use for car wash, drive-thru eatery
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees unanimously denied special land use permits for El Car Wash and an accompanying drive-thru restaurant at 10525 Belleville Rd., next to Westlake Apartments.[…]
Correction: Belleville fire chief’s office would be $5,000 to build, not $85,000
In the editor’s column on page 4 in the May 7 issue of the Independent, we reported that the proposed office for the new Belleville fire chief would cost $85,000[…]
Belleville DDA considers selling hardware store, is seeking proposals for use
The Belleville Downtown Development Authority committee considering what to do about the vacant hardware store at 458 Main St. that the DDA purchased, has decided it should be sold. At[…]
Library to memorialize Alma Hughes-Grubbs with art scholarship
People have donated money to the Belleville Area District Library in memory of the late library board member Alma Hughes-Grubbs, who died Jan. 7. At the April 14 meeting of[…]
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