On Monday, the Belleville City Council approved a subrecipient agreement with Wayne County for $176,800 in American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 – State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for[…]
Although it is not something it wants to contemplate, three members the Belleville Area District Library staff recently took two full days of active shooter response training. Mary Jo Suchy,[…]
Sumpter Township Police sent out a Nixel alert on Monday announcing starting on Monday, Aug. 1, delays will be likely on Rawsonville Road between Judd and Bemis roads as Washtenaw[…]
As of the 4 p.m., July 26, deadline, the following five candidates have filed with the Van Buren Township clerk to seek election to three, four-year seats on the Van[…]
Wayne County Commissioner Al Haidous asked the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees to cut back its request for $6.2 million in federal money through the county for “sidewalks.” He referred[…]
The report that starts on the Independent’s July 28 front page, “Doug Peters tell LDFA Visteon Corp. is a bad neighbor, corporate thief,” requires two slight corrections. In paragraph 2[…]
In the July 21 Independent on page 3 we published the sample Aug. 2 ballot that showed the two Sumpter Township Police Protection Millages, each marked “Renewal.” Then, on page[…]
The Belleville Area District Library is seeking replacement of its operating millage that expired last year so it can continue offering its exceptional services to the community. The ballot question[…]
Doug Peters, vice chairman of the Van Buren Township Local Development Finance Authority, told the LDFA at its regular meeting July 12 that Visteon is a bad neighbor and a[…]
A ceremonial ribbon-cutting was held Monday morning, July 25, at Van Buren Township’s new $262,590 Pickleball Courts at the corner of Denton and Beckley roads. Supervisor Kevin McNamara cut the[…]