Drivers report suspicious incidents on rural roadways
On Tuesday, police departments from Sumpter and Huron townships reported to the public and the media that rural drivers being confronted with suspicious situations while on their roads. In a[…]
VBT DDA hires township attorney, engineer for Placemaking project
In a six-minute, special meeting Dec. 14, the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority unanimously passed a motion to hire the township attorney and engineer to help with Belleville Road[…]
Sumpter attorney Rob Young gives glowing report on Nelson Po case
Sumpter Township attorney Rob Young gave a glowing report to the township board and the public at the Dec. 12 board meeting concerning how Sumpter fared in the Nelson Po[…]
Sumpter attorney says he made a mistake with storm water resolution
At the beginning of the Dec. 12 meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees, township attorney Rob Young asked the board to reconsider a resolution he asked them to[…]
Sumpter Planners OK solar farm, portable storage containers language
Proposed text amendments to the township zoning ordinance to include language for Large Energy Solar Systems and Portable Storage Units were approved by the Sumpter Township Planning Commission at its[…]
Correction: Lt. Bazzy never worked for Detroit
On page 23 in the Dec. 14 edition of the Independent, it was reported that Van Buren Township Police Lt. Charles Bazzy worked at VBT PD for 27 years and[…]
Van Buren Township hero John Henderson dead at age 52
JOHN THOMAS HENDERSON, JR. (August 3, 1965 – December 14, 2017) John Thomas Henderson, Jr., age 52, a lifelong Belleville-area resident, died peacefully at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital of Superior[…]
Editorial: Library sets April 14 for ground breaking
Groundbreaking for the new, two-story Belleville Area District Library building in downtown Belleville has been set for 11 a.m., Saturday, April 14, during National Library Week. It will be a[…]
VBT Clerk Wright gets address change for township residents
“If we’re going to brand ourselves, we have to start somewhere,” said Van Buren Township Clerk Leon Wright in announcing a change in township addresses from Belleville, MI 48111 to[…]
School Board gives Supt. Kudlak ‘effective’ rating
At the end of Monday’s meeting, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education went into closed-door session again on the subject of the superintendent’s evaluation. Then the board came[…]
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