The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees approved amended budgets for 2023 and proposed budgets for 2024 at its regular meeting on Oct. 17. That includes increases in rates for[…]

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• Saturday, Oct. 28 – Van Buren Township Candy Loop at Quirk Park, 4-6 p.m. • Saturday, Oct. 28 – Belleville High School Trunk or Treat, 5-7 p.m. • Sunday,[…]

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There were 34 participants in the Monster Mutt Walk this year. The competition was held on Fourth Street Place in Belleville on Saturday afternoon. It is sponsored by the Belleville[…]

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Michael Dotson, chairman of the Van Buren Township Local Development Finance Authority, read a proclamation honoring Doug Peters who retired after 21 years of service to the LDFA. At its[…]

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Christopher Girdwood of Aerotropolis and Van Buren Township Supervisor Kevin McNamara explained a proposal to the Van Buren Township Local Development Finance Authority that would bring in $35 million or[…]

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Dishon Deuondo Morris Dishon Deuondo Morris, 47, of Clinton Township, was scheduled for her probable cause conference on Oct. 18 at 34th District Court. She is charged with assault with[…]

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On Oct. 18, Debbie from Swift Transportation in New Boston let the Belleville Emergency Food Closet know that they had a couple of pallets of Annie’s Mac ‘n’ Cheese that[…]

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Bernard Belanger, a resident of Sumpter Township for five years, is the Independent’s new driver who delivers papers to pickup locations for readers on Wednesdays. He is retired after a[…]

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The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education on Oct. 23 unanimously approved a resolution that it wants to keep a 15% fund balance as a goal and “just spend[…]

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“The Roys Street sidewalk has been poured,” reported Belleville Area District Library Director Mary Jo Suchy at the library board meeting on Oct. 10. “The city completed work on the[…]

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