“It’s long overdue,” said Van Buren Township Trustee Kevin Martin, noting he’s been working for four years to get left-turn arrows at the Belleville Road / Tyler Road intersection. His[…]
Van Buren Township will distribute hundreds of free COVID-19 at-home antigen test kits to residents beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, and continue until they run out. This[…]
At the regular meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees on Feb. 1, Trustee Don Boynton read a list of the township’s new hires as provided by Human[…]
We at the Independent are very grateful for all the donations from our readers to help keep our newspaper up and running during these hard times. January and February are[…]
Van Buren Township police are investigating the shooting of a 19-year-old Sumpter Township male in the Walmart parking lot just before midnight on Wednesday, Jan. 26. VBT Police Lt. Charles[…]
A farmhouse built in 1913 on Haggerty Road just south of Harris Road in Sumpter Township was the scene of a fire at 6 p.m., Jan. 26. Sumpter Fire Chief[…]
The listing for Belleville Fire Chief Brian Loranger was not included in the City of Belleville salary list published on page three of last week’s Independent. The total compensation amount[…]
At the Jan. 24 regular, in-person meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the board ratified the sale of the second series of bonds for $8,060,000 for[…]
At the end of the regular meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees on Jan. 25, Supervisor Tim Bowman said he had talked to Van Buren Township Supervisor Kevin[…]
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees was scheduled to honor the Belleville Tigers High School varsity football team with a proclamation at the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting. The proclamation[…]