By Alysha Albrecht VBT Communications Dept. The fall colors have arrived in southeast, Michigan and for the first time ever, the Van Buren Township Parks and Recreation Department is hosting[…]
Independent Editor At it regular meeting by Zoom on Sept. 22, the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority approved spending up to $12,000 on trash receptacles and picnic tables, but[…]
An emergency bond hearing was held Sept. 23 for Torrey Rashadd Jeffries, 22, of Ypsilanti, before Judge Oakley. Defense attorney Beth Morrow asked the judge to reduce Jeffries’ bond from[…]
To the editor: To begin I’d like to apologize for not informing you of the lake law enforcement meeting I planned back on 8/25. I have seen your articles about[…]
The Belleville Downtown Development Authority is using the redesign of Fourth Street in front of the new library as its Placemaking Project. At the 28-minute Zoom meeting of the Belleville[…]
A 19-year-old Ann Arbor man was arrested in northwestern Michigan after a chase that went for 32 miles. He was driving a white Toyota Corolla stolen from Van Buren Township.[…]
Belleville City employees say there were more funerals last week than they’ve ever seen as more people are moving freely about the state and country. City Manager Tracey Schultz Kobylarz[…]
The Independent received a letter to the editor from a lady who had dared to go out with a friend to the recent Belleville citywide yard sale. She said everyone[…]
All homes and businesses in Van Buren Township will get new water meters at an estimated total cost of $2.4-$2.8 million because the township’s present system is being phased out[…]
A ground-breaking has been set for 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8, at the construction site of the Van Buren Public Schools Early Childhood Development Center at 451 W. Columbia Ave.[…]