Belleville Planning Commission elects Jim Courage new chairman
Jim Courage was in Florida on vacation on Jan. 9 when he was unanimously elected the new chairman of the Belleville Planning Commission for 2025. He was present by Zoom,[…]
Sen. Camilleri supports getting $75.5M federal funds for Trenton
State Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) on Jan. 10 celebrated the announcement of $73.5 million in federal funding from the Federal Railroad Administration to improve the railroad crossing at M-85 (Fort[…]
Brianne Boyd is new director of Belleville Community Chorus
Brianne Boyd is the new director of the Belleville Community Chorus. Boyd grew up singing, acting, and playing piano and accordion. She studied music at Henry Ford College with G.[…]
Editorial: Addition in city tax brings windfall for this fiscal year
There is $272,000 more than budgeted in income for the 2024-25 fiscal year for the city of Belleville to spend on streets or other projects. This is what Kelly Howey[…]
VFW presents checks to Voice of Democracy, Patriot’s Pen winners
Belleville High School eleventh-grader Lola Kennedy and McBride Middle School eighth-grader Donald DeYoung are winners of the local Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen essay contests. The two now will[…]
Belleville City Council scolded for no ‘real’ water bills in a year
Belleville resident Michael Renaud scolded the Belleville City Council at Monday’s regular meeting, noting the council has hired all kinds of new people, put new infrastructure in city hall, and[…]
Looking back: 30 years ago, this is what was happening in the tri-community
We are celebrating completion of our 30th year of publication by printing stories from our earliest issues to show what was happening in Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter. In our[…]
Three generations of mothers and daughters are twins in local family
Three generations of mothers and daughters are twins in a local family. Although many think twins skip a generation, that’s not the case in this family. Catarina Nickole Gasser grew[…]
Court Watching
Christopher Lee Piggott Christopher Lee Piggott of Hazel Park and previously of Van Buren Township was charged with failure to register as a sex offender on March 30 in Van[…]
Mission Statement of the Belleville-Area Independent
(Published on the front page of the first edition of the Belleville-Area Independent on Jan. 5, 1995) The mission of the Belleville-Area Independent is to be among the highest-regarded community[…]
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