City Council to consider demolition of vacant store it owns next door
Belleville City Manager Tracey Schultz Kobylarz followed the city council’s direction in taking steps to clean up the vacant store it owns next door to city hall and got a[…]
Editorial: Barbara Gates resigns from District Library Board
At the June 9 meeting of the Belleville Area District Library Board, board treasurer Barbara Gates resigned, effective immediately. She said she already has moved from Van Buren Township to[…]
10 outdoor sculptures borrowed for a year
The Downtown Development Authorities of Belleville and Van Buren Township installed ten outdoor sculptures pieces in the city and township during the first week of June. They are leased from[…]
Protest march set Friday, June 12, from Meijer to VBT PD
On Tuesday, June 9, Van Buren Township Police Chief Jason Wright confirmed that his department has talked with organizers of a protest march set for Friday afternoon, June 12, in[…]
McNamara: Can’t give out information on French Landing Dam
At the beginning of the June 2 virtual Zoom meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees, Supervisor Kevin McNamara said people have been asking a lot of questions[…]
Wayne County to resurface Sumpter Rd. from Hull to Willis
Wayne County will be paving Sumpter Road from Hull Road in Van Buren Township to Willis Road in Sumpter Township this summer. This was announced by Sumpter Township Deputy Supervisor[…]
Correction: School district not getting rid of drama program
In the May 28 and June 4 issues of the Independent, we reported the layoff of 14 teachers and the discontinuing of the drama and choir programs at the Van[…]
COVID-19 death numbers in 48111 remain flat for 9 days
The number of positive tests for COVID-19 in the tri-community remained at 362 for May 30 through June 6, and then went up one person to 363 on June 7.[…]
VBT Board approves pickleball courts at Beckley/Denton roads
By the end of August a new set of outdoor pickleball courts and a newly re-surfaced parking lot will be ready for use in Van Buren Township. At its regular[…]
Belleville DDA supports Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area
If all goes well in Lansing, Belleville will lay out a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area to help bar/restaurants recover from the shutdown over COVID-19. The DORA, called “cocktails to go,”[…]
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