Elizabeth Chalupka of Sumpter Township, a senior at Michigan Virtual Charter Academy, is a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders on June 25-26, 2021. The Congress is an[…]
Republican Tim Bowman was elected supervisor of Sumpter Township according to unofficial results of the Nov. 3 General Election. Re-elected Clerk was Esther Hurst, a Democrat; and elected Treasurer was[…]
A reader called the Independent on Election Day to tell us the voting machine at Belleville High School stopped working that morning and the VBT clerk’s office was alerted. Deputy[…]
On Oct. 28, volunteers hung banners of local veterans on light poles in the City of Belleville. A crew of seven volunteers hung 62 banners in three hours time along[…]
After a half-hour, Zoom meeting on Oct. 28, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted unanimously to send the new Land Use Master Plan on to the township board with[…]
At the Sumpter Township Board of Trustee’s Oct. 27 meeting, township attorney Rob Young asked the board to add a last-minute item to the agenda. He said he knew the[…]
At its 59-minute Zoom meeting on Oct. 27, the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority board unanimously adopted a COVID-19 Pandemic Reopening Policy and then set a policy for building[…]
An agreement for use of the Fourth Street Square for outside dining for Egan’s Pub customers and other businesses until Sept. 21, 2024 has been sent to the Belleville city[…]
Glenn Shaw, 71, of Van Buren Buren Township will fill a recent vacancy on the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission after he was selected in a random, computered draw Sept. 23.[…]
These are the winners in the Belleville Central Business Community’s Mutt Walk virtual competition. First place in the Cutest category is Freya, a French Bulldog (Kelly Conway, Westland). Second place[…]