The public is invited to the first-annual Belleville Community Chorus Craft Beer and Wine Taste Fest, sponsored by Twisted Rooster. This event will be held at the BYC on Saturday,[…]

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Trinity Episcopal Church in Van Buren Township will offer a week-long day camp this summer. The camp will be held June 27 to July 1 from 9 a.m. to 3[…]

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Spotlight Players senior group Still Got It Players is set to perform “Old Ringers” March 16-20 in the Biltmore Studio at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill. Christine Saksewski and[…]

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The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education meeting, originally scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, March 14, in the Belleville High School Commons, has been rescheduled and the location moved.[…]

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Although the deadline is 4 p.m., April 19, to file a petition to be a candidate for township board in the Aug. 2 state primary election, Van Buren Township already[…]

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Van Buren Township has experienced an increase of items stolen from unlocked vehicles parked in apartment complexes and neighborhoods, according to a recent Nixle alert. These incidents happen in early[…]

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Spring Storytimes are starting up at the Belleville Area District Library. Family Storytime is for children ages 4 to 10 years old: Mondays at 6:30 p.m., March 14–April 25. Toddler[…]

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You’ll be happy to hear that Interim School Supt. Shonta Langford-Green has reached out to the Independent in an effort to work together and be friends. She also invited us[…]

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After a mother was denied information in 2014 from Police Chief Hal Berriman on her special-needs, minor daughter’s sexual assault in the parking lot at Belleville High School, she filed[…]

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The Belleville High School men’s swim team won the Western Wayne Athletic Conference league title on Friday. These swimmers had an undefeated season in the league going 8-0 and then[…]

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