By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor David C. Brown Funeral Home and the Brown Family Center are sponsoring the 10th-annual Motorcycle Ride and Memorial Day Service to honor veterans. On[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At a May 12 meeting, parents of patients and staff members of the Community Care Services asked the Van Buren Public Schools Board of[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees unanimously established Industrial Development District #24 for Costco Wholesale Corporation and then unanimously granted it an eight-year,[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter On May 7, the following cases from the Van Buren Township, Sumpter Township, and City of Belleville police departments came before 34th District Court[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The Sumpter Township Planning Commission met May 8 to conduct a public hearing on a request for special exception use of the Sumpter Roller[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The only item on the May 8 agenda of the Belleville Planning Commission was a sign review for Lake Plaza, Sam Kassab’s upgrade for[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On May 5, after more than an hour of discussing the Administrative Policy for the Strawberry Festival June 13-15, the Belleville City Council approved[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor After being shot in the face, a 16-year-old Belleville High School student was taken to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital by Huron Valley Ambulance at[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Keystone Charter Academy Principal Keturah Godfrey told school board members that last year’s summer program was “incredibly effective for our whole school” so the[…]
In the May 1 edition of the Belleville-Area Independent on page 3 we reported the regional detention pond that the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority wants to build would[…]