On Thursday, March 28, Belleville City Manager Jason Smith informed the Independent that he had mistakenly announced that the April 1 council meeting was changed to April 2 because city[…]
At its regular meeting on March 19, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to donate 10 feet of right of way on each side of the Denton[…]
At its regular meeting March 12, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to ask voters to approve up to 2 mills of taxes for four years on the[…]
Kevin Kilby, who serves as attorney for the Belleville Downtown Development Authority, gave a lesson in Development and the Tax Increment Financing Plan at the DDA’s regular meeting on March[…]
At its March 12 meeting, the Belleville Area District Library unanimously approved the amended Art Committee Members Policy that strikes out a paragraph. The paragraph reads: “Voting members terms of[…]
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 19109 Craig St., New Boston, will hold its annual indoor flea market on April 25, 26, 27. On Thursday and Friday, it will be open 9[…]
Citing the need for more school libraries and librarians to help improve literacy outcomes for Michigan students, Sens. Darrin Camilleri, D-Trenton, and Rosemary Bayer, D-West Bloomfield, on March 5 introduced[…]
James Harley Farr and Kenneth Raymond Farr are Van Buren Township brothers who both made the highest rank in Boy Scouting, the Eagle rank. James earned his Eagle rank on[…]
On Sunday, March 24, Jim Wigginton, of Van Buren Township climbed the Columbia Center Tower, in Seattle, the tallest building in the state of Washington, as part of his goal[…]
Acetyline tanks exploded, sounding like a bomb, shortly after 4 p.m. on March 19 as firefighters worked at putting out a barn fire on Bemis Road between Haggerty and Riggs[…]