Judge Szlinis recovering from heart failure
Retired 34th District Court Judge William Szlinis reportedly suffered heart failure, where there was no heart beat at all, but he was resuscitated and now is recovering and doing well[…]
Clarification: There were more stipulations to Landstrom’s sentence
In the April 5 edition of the Independent on page 18 we reported Kenneth Joseph Landstrom, 59, of Van Buren Township was sentenced to five days in the Wayne County[…]
Editorial: Delaney:There’s a storm brewing in Van Buren Township
Another raucous meeting in Van Buren Township. On Tuesday, Channel 4 interviewed VBT Trustee Sherry Frazier at the board table before the meeting started and then recorded part of the[…]
Two cats rescued from blazing house fire in Belleville
Two cats were reported inside the house at 205 Roland Street in the city of Belleville when fire erupted at about 3:52 p.m. Friday. Belleville Police Officer Sarah Dzagulones entered[…]
BHS students to present ‘Into the Woods’
Here’s the cast and crew of “Into the Woods” being presented at the Belleville High School Auditorium starting April 13: Sydni Flint, Dillon Phon, Isabelle Schakel, Dani Guevera, Joe Budd,[…]
Belleville opens two bids for seawall repair, may consider other option
In December the city of Belleville received a single bid of $341,000 for Doane’s Landing seawall repair. That was too much, so they changed the specifications some and went out[…]
Hardy, Williams inducted into Phi Kappa Phi
BATON ROUGE, LA — The following local residents were recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all[…]
Sumpter Twp. accepts insurance proposal from Burnam Flower
At its March 27 meeting, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees unanimously accepted the insurance package presented for $118,224 from John Johnson of Burnham & Flower Insurance Group. Last year’s[…]
Sumpter Township accepts $12.8 million budget for 2018-19
After a public hearing on March 27, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees unanimously accepted a $12,790,996 proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-19 that was to begin April 1. Sumpter[…]
Brown-Chudzinski earns national advance planning certification
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) has granted the nationally-recognized Certified Preplanning Consultant (CPC) designation to Shelly A. Brown-Chudzinski of David C. Brown Funeral Home in Belleville. The CPC certification[…]
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