The Van Buren Township Planning Commission approved the independent multi-family, senior housing development named Brookwood at its regular meeting June 28. The project has 132 dwelling units with a combined[…]
The Van Buren Township Environmental Commission has canceled its regular meetings for July 19 and Aug. 16 unless some important issue comes up. At its June 21 meeting, commissioner Tony[…]
Tynisha Shanell Lockhart, 38, of Inkster was bound over to circuit court for a July 5 arraignment on the information after a preliminary examination at 34th District Court before Judge[…]
Because the former city manager negotiated and passed on the new union contract to the fire department who approved it – all without the city council being involved on what[…]
The Belleville Area District Library staff is in the process of setting up a “library of things” for people to borrow. At the library board’s regular meeting on June 13,[…]
A motion to approve the WCA sketching proposal at a total cost of $125,990, paid over four years at $31,497.50 annually, was passed by the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees[…]
After 16.5 years of keeping Keystone Academy sparkling clean, Deb McComb is retiring to travel with her husband. At the June 1 meeting of the Keystone Academy Board of Directors,[…]
Steven Sherman graduated from Belleville High School in 2007 and since has earned three degrees at the University of Michigan, in Chemical Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering, and Entrepreneurship. Sherman currently[…]
The Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority members had to wait about a half hour at each meeting in April and May for a quorum to show up so they[…]
In the June 29 issue of the Independent, we started a long report on the June 20 Van Buren Township Board of Trustees meeting that continued on page three. Although[…]