On Aug. 21, the Belleville Downtown Development Authority selected low-bidder Davenport Construction of Belleville to tear down the buildings behind the former hardware store on Main Street and construct an[…]
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees at its regular meeting Aug. 20 unanimously approved buying 14 mobile dash cameras for police cars on a five-year contract with Motorola Solutions.[…]
A group of a dozen senior citizens who live in Van Buren Township sat down with the Independent on Friday, Aug. 23, to tell the paper that that no one[…]
Mohamad Youssef-Ali Bakkar Mohamad Youssef-Ali Bakkar, 73, of Canton was charged with furnishing tobacco to a minor on July 22 in the city of Belleville. At his arraignment/pretrial at 34th[…]
As a fund raiser, the Belleville Area Council for the Arts is leasing spaces at Victory Park for the annual city-wide yard sale, Sept. 7-8. This was approved by the[…]
We’ve been informed the many appeals have failed and the state’s permit now stands to allow Woodland Meadows landfill in Van Buren Township to dig up the 12 acres of[…]
In last week’s issue, the Independent made a mistake in announcing Teresa Patton as the final winner of the 34th District Court judge seat in the Aug. 6 primary election.[…]
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ceremoniously signed House Bills 5056 and 5058 into law at the new Van Buren Township Community Center on Aug. 14. The bipartisan legislation provides for the[…]
The Belleville Rotary Club announced the following winners in the Rubber Duck Race in Belleville Lake during the Taste of Belleville activities on Aug. 15. • Cynthia Price won $1,000;[…]
“I assure you, I’ll get the answer to this from across the street,” said Sumpter Township Supervisor Tim Bowman at the regular meeting of the board of trustees on Aug.[…]