Fire destroys Belleville Coin Laundry
Belleville fire fighters called for help from Van Buren, Pittsfield, and Sumpter townships and the City of Romulus to fight a fire Monday night, March 21, at Belleville Coin Laundry on[…]
Belleville DDA going out for bids on Gateway sign
The Belleville Downtown Develop-ment Authority voted unanimously to go out for bids for a new Gateway sign for the front door of the city. At the March 16 DDA[…]
Confrontation erupts after VBT board meeting
A challenge to Van Buren Township Board Trustee Philip Hart by resident Charles Tackett caused Hart to lose his cool after the March 15 board meeting and charge into the[…]
Ramone Crowe elected chairman of VBT Public Safety Comm.
The Van Buren Township Public Safety Committee elected Ramone Crowe as its new chairman on a 3-2 vote at the group’s monthly meeting on March 2. The former chairman Michael[…]
School Board hires negotiating attorney, keeps eye on finances
There are four bargaining units whose contracts are not settled at the Van Buren Public Schools, a looming June 30 deadline for creation of a balanced budget, and a projected[…]
City Council gets clean audit, discouraging news for coming year
The Belleville City Council got a clean audit report on the $2,342,000 budget ending June 30, 2010, but received some disheartening news about what to expect for the coming 2011-12[…]
Belleville Fire Department Captain Bill Emerson, right, has retired
At the Feb. 22 meeting of the City Council, Fire Chief Lee Grant, left, presented Emerson with his captain’s helmet and applauded his hard work on behalf of the community.[…]
Cub Scout Pack 857 of New Boston visited the Independent offices
Cub Scout Pack 857 of New Boston visited the Independent offices on Feb. 24 to learn about newspapers and then went to Culver’s for ice cream. Pausing long enough for a photo[…]
Students of the Month were honored in February at Keystone Academy in Sumpter Township.
Students of the Month were honored in February at Keystone Academy in Sumpter Township. Keystone focuses on one character trait each month for students to work on. In February, Keystone[…]
VBT Fire Fighters called twice to blazes at vacant home on Hoeft
At 12:27 a.m. Friday, Van Buren Township Fire Fighters responded to a house fire in a vacant home at 15803 Hoeft Road, the former site of Elken’s Kennels. Fire fighters[…]
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