Belleville Area District Library Seed Library entering its second year
The Belleville Area Disstrict Library Seed Library was started in the spring of 2024 to help people get started growing flowers and their own food. In addition to the seeds,[…]
34th District Court Judge Teresa Patton honored with Investiture
34th District Court Judge Teresa Patton, who was elected last November, had been legally sworn in weeks ago, and has been participating fully in the court since the first of[…]
First Adopt-a-Highway pickup of the year starts this Saturday, April 5
It’s a spring event as predictable as the return of the robins: volunteers will hit the roadsides across lower Michigan beginning Saturday as Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Adopt-A-Highway (AAH)[…]
VBT planners give final site plan approval for Tractor Supply store
“Hopefully, we’re very close to the finish line,” said a representative of Tractor Supply, saying he was waiting for the Wayne County approval in writing to finalize the project. The[…]
Sumpter Twp. board seeks way to replace crumbling water main
A water line that has had a reported 18 breaks in the last ten years was the focus of a 20-minute discussion at the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees regular[…]
Van Buren Township DDA pays $25,000 dues for Aerotropolis
At its 29-minute meeting on March 25, the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority voted unanimously to pay its 2025 Detroit Region Aerotropolis dues of $25,000. Absent from the meeting[…]
Annual Indoor Flea Market is May 1-3 at St. Paul’s in New Boston
The Annual Indoor Flea Market at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 19109 Craig St., New Boston, is set for May 1-3. On Thursday and Friday, May 1 and 2, the hours[…]
Editorial: Independent sent many letters against Trump
We are a small, weekly newspaper dedicated to reporting on activities in a single zip code – 48111 – and yet we have been receiving dozens of letters from people[…]
Belleville High School Girls Varsity Basketball team is state champion
For the first time in history, the Belleville High School Girls Varsity Basketball team won the Division 1 Michigan High School Athletic Association State Championship on Saturday, March 22. The[…]
VBT OKs study of proposed sewer route from Salem Township
“We’re the luckiest people in the world,” Van Buren Township Supervisor Kevin McNamara said at the March 18 regular meeting of the township board of trustees. He said Salem Township[…]
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