Editorial: Thursday night is Belleville-area meeting time
If you are not at a meeting at around 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, you should be. “No King” demonstrators want you to support them on the Quirk Road[…]
Reports of shots fired lead VBT police to chase, drugs, arrests
Van Buren Township Deputy Police Chief Joshua Monte provides a summary of an involved incident that began with many 911 calls reporting shots fired. One neighbor told the Independent he[…]
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Belleville City Council fires city manager with 3 months pay
At a two-minute special meeting at 6:30 p.m., June 19, the Belleville City Council took a roll-call vote unanimously approving the signing of a severance agreement that had already been[…]
VBT approves, 4-2, DeBuck’s Corn Maze seeking tavern license
A tavern for parents to sit in and drink hard cider, craft beer, and wine while they watch their children play nearby is the vision Scott DeBuck described to the[…]
School Board approves amended, proposed budgets as presented
After 50 minutes of hearing the details of the amended budgets for the 2024-25 fiscal year and the proposed budgets for the 2025-26 school year, the Van Buren Public Schools[…]
Rhodesian Ridgeback breeders in Sumpter win national award
Marie and Marcin Glodowski of Sumpter Township and Lauren Michaels have been named the 2024 Breeders of the Year by the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United States. The RRCUS[…]
Keystone Academy receives high rankings from different sources
Keystone Academy recently received the $1,500 top prize of the 100 National Heritage Academies in the country for the greatest improvement in attendance over a 10-week competition. Keystone’s average daily[…]
Author with local ties returns to Van Buren Twp. for book signing
Anjalia McGoldrick, an author with local ties, is returning to the area for a book-signing from 6 to 8 p.m. on July 15 at the Holiday Inn Express, 46194 N.[…]
Sumpter Twp. considers changing logo, signage for new brand
Sumpter Township board members listened to a presentation by Jim Niestroy of Johnson Sign in Ypsilanti at their regular meeting June 10. Niestroy said he could work with a township[…]
Ypsilanti dams on Willow Run Creek get grant for demolition
Nineteen Michigan dams will receive a total of $14.9 million in newly authorized grant funding for for work ranging from dam removals to critical maintenance, including removal of two dams[…]
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