VBT Planners adjourn senior apartments to Sept. 9 meeting
A public hearing on proposed plans for Clover Communities senior housing facility was held via Zoom at the Aug. 26 meeting of the Van Buren Township Planning Commission and then[…]
Zoom Court Watching: Co-defendants have six felony charges each, next court session Sept. 9
On Aug. 8, co-defendants Torrey Rashadd Jeffries, 21, of Ypsilanti and Tyrell Deandre Hooks, 27, of Canton, had their probable cause conferences adjourned until Sept. 9 by 34th District Court[…]
Edible Arrangements gives local award to Cathy Bergmooser
Celebrating extraordinary people in southeast Michigan doing good deeds, acts of kindness or any extraordinary actions that deserve public recognition is the foundation for the Edible Arrangements® Metro Detroit Group’s[…]
VBT BZA grants variance for garages, but denies siding variance
The Van Buren Township Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously approved a variance to allow extra garages for the new senior housing on Belleville Road, and unanimously rejected a variance to[…]
Editorial: Sumpter blames detractors, paper for election fiasco
Most of Tuesday’s regular one-hour-and-30-minute meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees was spent defending itself from criticisms of the the way the Aug. 4 primary election was conducted.[…]
Lunch Box demolished, new development on the way
The Lunch Box restaurant building at Belleville’s front door was demolished on Aug. 20 to make way for new construction on the site by developer Scott Jones. Wayne Cherry of[…]
Zoom Court Watching: Raymond Lee Bailey arraigned on four counts of first-degree murder
Raymond Lee Bailey, 37, of Sumpter Township was arraigned at 34th District Court on Aug. 19 on four counts of first-degree, premeditated murder and four counts of felony firearm. The[…]
Correction: Police report was written by Sumpter officer in polls complaint
On page three in last week’s Independent, an error was made in stating that no police report was written on the complaint of Toni Clark about what happened at the[…]
County sets recount of supervisor race in Sumpter
On Friday, the Wayne County Clerk’s office accepted a check for $2,250 from Nelson Po for a recount of nine precincts in the Aug. 4 supervisor’s race. The recount, at[…]
Belleville DDA to pay $7,000 for ten lockers for police department
The Belleville Downtown Development Authority voted unanimously at its regular meeting Aug. 19 to buy ten professional police lockers for the city police department for $7,000. Belleville’s new Police Chief[…]
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