State Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) on Jan. 10 celebrated the announcement of $73.5 million in federal funding from the Federal Railroad Administration to improve the railroad crossing at M-85 (Fort[…]
Brianne Boyd is the new director of the Belleville Community Chorus. Boyd grew up singing, acting, and playing piano and accordion. She studied music at Henry Ford College with G.[…]
There is $272,000 more than budgeted in income for the 2024-25 fiscal year for the city of Belleville to spend on streets or other projects. This is what Kelly Howey[…]
Belleville High School eleventh-grader Lola Kennedy and McBride Middle School eighth-grader Donald DeYoung are winners of the local Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen essay contests. The two now will[…]
Belleville resident Michael Renaud scolded the Belleville City Council at Monday’s regular meeting, noting the council has hired all kinds of new people, put new infrastructure in city hall, and[…]
We are celebrating completion of our 30th year of publication by printing stories from our earliest issues to show what was happening in Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter. In our[…]
Three generations of mothers and daughters are twins in a local family. Although many think twins skip a generation, that’s not the case in this family. Catarina Nickole Gasser grew[…]
Christopher Lee Piggott Christopher Lee Piggott of Hazel Park and previously of Van Buren Township was charged with failure to register as a sex offender on March 30 in Van[…]
(Published on the front page of the first edition of the Belleville-Area Independent on Jan. 5, 1995) The mission of the Belleville-Area Independent is to be among the highest-regarded community[…]
Now we are into 2025 and can look forward to what the new year may bring to the tri-communities of Belleville, Van Buren and Sumpter. In Belleville, officials are planning[…]