Van Buren Township Police Chief Jason Wright came to the VBT Downtown Development Authority on March 26 to ask for it to re-allocate $35,000 from FUSUS to help pay for[…]

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At its March 27 meeting, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission, after almost an hour of discussion, decided it wanted staff members to study the present ordinances to bring the[…]

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Public hearings on amendments to ordinances on Agritourism and Signs in the Mixed-Use Sumpter and Belleville road overlays will be held before the Van Buren Township Planning Commission. At its[…]

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Christina Kate Davis Matthew Scott Peneau (Pineau) Christina Kate Davis, 31, of the city of Belleville was charged with disturbing the peace at 9:56 a.m., Nov. 22 in Belleville. She[…]

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Nelson Po of Sumpter Township announced Monday that he has filed with Wayne County to run for the position of Sumpter Township supervisor on the Democratic ticket in the Aug.[…]

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The Rotary Club of Belleville would like to remind all tri-community high school students graduating this semester that the date for application for one of their five, $5,000 academic scholarships[…]

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On Thursday, March 28, Belleville City Manager Jason Smith informed the Independent that he had mistakenly announced that the April 1 council meeting was changed to April 2 because city[…]

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At its regular meeting on March 19, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to donate 10 feet of right of way on each side of the Denton[…]

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At its regular meeting March 12, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to ask voters to approve up to 2 mills of taxes for four years on the[…]

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Kevin Kilby, who serves as attorney for the Belleville Downtown Development Authority, gave a lesson in Development and the Tax Increment Financing Plan at the DDA’s regular meeting on March[…]

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