To help build its pedestrian walkway over I-94, Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority received a Michigan Department of Transportation grant of $250,000 and $250,000 more from the Southeastern Michigan[…]
The Van Buren Township summer youth job program, now in its second year, has selected 24 student interns, ages 14-18, for temporary jobs within the township’s municipal sectors. The program[…]
The City of Romulus will ask voters to approve a ballot proposal that would provide funding to maintain the current level of fire and police services in the community –[…]
Dr. Prasant Mohapatra, the University of California, Davis, Dean of Graduate Studies, placed a hood on James Archsmith, conferring his PhD at recent commencement ceremonies. Archsmith, son of Belleville residents[…]
The Belleville Area Museum planted the first Rosie the Riveter Floribunda Rosebush garden in southeast Michigan on June 28. Ten original Rosies and their families along with friends and tri-community[…]
Ashley Hollar of Belleville has filed a lawsuit against Walmart and Caito Foods after she said she contracted Salmonella by eating pre-cut watermelon she bought at the Van Buren Township[…]
Tractor Supply Co., which has been supplying advertising inserts to readers of the Belleville-Area Independent for months, is expected to break ground in Canton Township in August for its newest[…]
This summer, Kiley Lafferty, 20, of Belleville spent two weeks in Thailand helping animals and learning what it’s like to be a veterinarian. Traveling with study-abroad organization Loop Abroad, Kiley[…]
Most of the June 26 meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees was taken up with arguments between board members. It started during the Board Response part of the[…]
The Sumpter Township Board of Trustees had a light agenda on Tuesday, with only two items for a vote. But, there was a lot of talk and raised voices and[…]