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 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[…]
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 a local family. Although many think twins skip a generation, that’s not the case in this family. Catarina Nickole Gasser grew[…]
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[…]
(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[…]
Now we are into 2025 and can look forward to what the new year may bring to the tri-communities of Belleville, Van Buren and Sumpter. In Belleville, officials are planning[…]
By Ania Felder Independent Special Writer De Anne Dubin, Belleville High School class of 1995, recently finished a 487-mile walk in 37 days along the Camino from France to Spain.[…]
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, MI-06, announced the city of Ypsilanti was awarded $7.5 million from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s National Coastal Resilience Fund to restore the Huron River and[…]
Have you ever been interested in being on stage? Come check out Van Buren Community Players auditions for “Murder at the Pie Auction.” You will have fun while learning this[…]