Ron Akers, Van Buren Township director of planning and economic development, recommended a Master Plan update or rewrite and the planning commission members agreed with him at their regular meeting[…]
The Air Show is coming Labor Day weekend. Those attending the airshow are encouraged to use the entrance on the WEST side of Willow Run airport for parking at the[…]
On Monday, Aug. 21, strangers talked to strangers, shared special glasses, and looked skyward to admire the wonders of the universe. It was the 2017 Solar Eclipse that grabbed the[…]
Jerry Bies of Bemis Road in Van Buren Township could not understand why Wayne County paved more than a quarter mile of Bemis from Sumpter Road to Katona’s ranch earlier[…]
Michigan State Police say a 29-year-old Belleville man was hit and killed by a vehicle Monday morning on westbound I-94, west of Wayne Road in Romulus. According to MSP the[…]
Patrick Aimone, Norm DeBuck, and Victor Franzoi, all of Van Buren Township, are preparing to ride in the 47th-annual Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw (DALMAC) bicycle tour at the end[…]
A new web site with lots of special features is expected to on line in six weeks to serve the City of Belleville. At Monday’s regular meeting, the city council[…]
At the Aug. 22 meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees, Karitha Hanible announced that the Sumpter Progressive Civic League distributed more than 120 backpacks filled with school supplies[…]
Because of incorrect information given to the Independent, on page 7 in last week’s edition, we printed wrong information on the Belleville High School Class of 1957’s 60th reunion. It[…]
A free Septic System Maintenance Workshop will be held from 6 to 8 pm. on Thursday, Sept. 14, in the Otisville Sheldon Room at the Van Buren Township Hall, 46425[…]