Have you ever been interested in being on stage? Come check out Van Buren Community Players auditions for “Murder at the Pie Auction.” You will have fun while learning this[…]

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Hussain Saleh Al-Boudy, 55, of Sumpter Township was charged with two counts of violation of technical requirements on Aug. 15 concerning his slaughter business in Sumpter Township. He was present[…]

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Medina Atchinson and Luke Simon delivered 700 food items on Dec. 23 to the Emergency Food Closet at Belleville First United Church, 417 Charles St. Atchinson Ford, at 9800 Belleville[…]

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Students from Tyler Elementary School were among the few in Michigan selected to bring cutting-edge and innovative technology demonstrations from their classrooms to lawmakers in Lansing. The 23rd-annual AT&T/MACUL Student[…]

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Zachary Charles Wagenschutz Zachary Charles Wagenschutz, 21, of Ypsilanti and previously of Sumpter Township was video-arraigned while in custody on Dec. 2 on charges of assault with intent to do[…]

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For more than an hour and a half on Dec. 12, the Belleville Planning Commission took part in a workshop led by Andy Aamodt of Giffels Webster planning consultants that[…]

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We are completing our 30th year of service to the local community. On Jan. 5, 1995, the Belleville-Area Independent published its first paper and has continued every Thursday since then.[…]

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By Jennifer Trotter Guiding Harbor CEO Foster Care doesn’t have a season. I get calls and emails every day about kids needing a foster placement. One day recently, I was[…]

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The Charles B. Cozadd Rotary Foundation has presented a $4,463.97 grant to Guiding Harbor. The grant is funding three endurance beds for Guiding Harbor’s Girlstown Residential Program in Van Buren[…]

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About a decade ago, someone with institutional knowledge retired from Wayne County and since then the libraries in the county have been overpaid and underpaid in court penal fines because[…]

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