The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees unanimously denied special land use permits for El Car Wash and an accompanying drive-thru restaurant at 10525 Belleville Rd., next to Westlake Apartments.[…]
In the editor’s column on page 4 in the May 7 issue of the Independent, we reported that the proposed office for the new Belleville fire chief would cost $85,000[…]
The Belleville Downtown Development Authority committee considering what to do about the vacant hardware store at 458 Main St. that the DDA purchased, has decided it should be sold. At[…]
People have donated money to the Belleville Area District Library in memory of the late library board member Alma Hughes-Grubbs, who died Jan. 7. At the April 14 meeting of[…]
“Sing Hallelujah!” is the theme of the Belleville Lakeside Singers’ concert at 5 p.m., Sunday, May 17, at Faith Community Church, 894 E. Huron River Dr., Belleville. Director of the[…]
Voters in the Huron School District approved a $65,830,000 bond proposal in a special election on Tuesday, May 5. Wayne County voters approved the 30-year proposal by 53.4% (with 1,302[…]
At the April 9 regular meeting of Keystone Academy, DeAmo Murphy took over as the new representative from National Heritage Academy to oversee Keystone, the charter school in Sumpter Township[…]
In the past few years that I have been a part of this community, I have learned something very simple: people here care. They care about their schools, their lake,[…]
The Belleville High School Distinguished Graduates for 2025-26 were installed in ceremonies at the BHS auditorium on Friday, April 24. They are Shelly Brown-Chudzinski, Class of 1993; Constance Cook Testorelli,[…]
At the May 4 meeting of the Belleville City Council, the events for this year’s Lake Fest, put on by the Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce, were approved by the[…]