Emergency Medical Service Education open house set April 25
Huron Valley Ambulance’s Center for EMS Education will be holding an open house from 5:30 to 8 p.m., April 25, at 1200 State Circle, Ann Arbor, for those interested in[…]
Menards hiring in Van Buren Township
The Menards home-improvement store on Belleville Road in Van Buren Township, just north of Walmart, is in the final stages of preparation before opening, which is expected to be in[…]
Spring Used Book Sale set Saturday, May 5, at Belleville Library
The Friends of the Belleville Area District Library are having a used-book sale Saturday, May 5, from noon to 3 p.m. The public is welcome. Friends members will be admitted[…]
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[…]
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