After a closed-door session on Feb. 28, the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority approved a counter offer to buy two small parcels just north of their Placemaking project at[…]
Sumpter Township Clerk Clarence Hoffman, Jr., said contracted employees are worrying about their jobs and, “We’ve been playing around with this for one, two, three months,” referring to new contracts.[…]
At the March 6 regular meeting, the Belleville City Council discussed some of the details of a proposed street project for Harbour Pointe subdivision and decided to set up two[…]
David Arthur Radecki, 38, is scheduled for an 8:30 a.m., Friday, March 10, preliminary exam before 34th District Court Judge Brian A. Oakley. Radecki is facing two felony charges: criminal[…]
The 21st-annual Quilt Exhibit at the Belleville Area Museum sponsored by the Western Wayne County Quilt Guild takes place March 1-31. There are more than 100 quilts to view, various[…]
Menard hopes to get started on site work on its new home-improvement store in mid-March, to get really underway with construction in June, and open its new store in February[…]
About two dozen people attended the Feb. 23 meeting of the Belleville geographical unit of the League of Women Voters held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Van Buren Township. The[…]
Kathy Bailey of Willis will be presenting another series of free classes to teach participants how to find information on their families for personal enrichment and to share with their[…]
Belleville Police Chief Hal Berriman said his police department will arrest and arraign Samuel Hamilton, 17, of Ypsilanti, on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, resisting arrest, and fleeing[…]
On the front page of the Jan. 26 issue of the Independent, we published the 2016 police wages for Van Buren Township. Included in the list was Carrie A. Traster,[…]