Belleville planners meet in person to focus on issues, future plans
The City of Belleville Planning Commission met in person for almost two hours on Dec. 9 in their first meeting since August. Matthew Wagner presided in the absence of the[…]
Van Buren Twp. hires two new communications specialists
Charles (Christopher) Campbell and Michael Japowicz were hired as the township’s new communications specialists at the regular meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees on Dec. 7 via[…]
Keystone board seeks more information on spending ESSER funds
Jonathon Arneberg, who was representing National Heritage Academies at the Dec. 9 in-person meeting of the Keystone Academy board of directors, told the board that in January NHA will prepare[…]
VBT Police report death investigation at Super 8 motel on Dec. 28
After an Independent reader reported seeing the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s vehicle parked at the Super 8 motel just before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 28, Van Buren Township Police[…]
VBT Clerk Leon Wright connects children with needed school supplies
Van Buren Township Clerk Leon Wright’s office recently conducted its ninth-annual community outreach program, which seeks to link children with needed school supplies. He visited Tyler, Rawsonville, Savage, and Edgemont[…]
Josh Bryan Rigor to represent U.S. in World Games in Austria
Josh Bryan Rigor, a basketball student-athlete from Belleville High School, has been selected by Student Athletic World to represent the United States in the United World Games, an international sporting[…]
Editorial: Merry Christmas to tri-community families, readers
This has been a difficult year for everyone with the coronavirus, vaccinations and masks, civil unrest, school shootings and threats and inflation. We are at Christmas now and people are[…]
Belleville City Council selects eight winners in Holiday Lighting Contest
The following were judged winners in the 2021 Holiday Lighting Contest in the City of Belleville. Council members did the judging. The winners were honored at the Dec. 20 council[…]
Belleville City Council welcomes two newly promoted police sgts.
At the Dec. 20 regular, in-person meeting of the Belleville City Council, two long-time police corporals were sworn in as sergeants and then presented with their new badges. City Manager/Police[…]
Sumpter Board names Trustee Tim Rush deputy supervisor
At its Dec. 14 zoom meeting, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees appointed Trustee Tim Rush as deputy supervisor to serve until the end of May at an annual salary[…]
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