Although the deadline is 4 p.m., April 19, to file a petition to be a candidate for township board in the Aug. 2 state primary election, Van Buren Township already[…]

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Van Buren Township has experienced an increase of items stolen from unlocked vehicles parked in apartment complexes and neighborhoods, according to a recent Nixle alert. These incidents happen in early[…]

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Spring Storytimes are starting up at the Belleville Area District Library. Family Storytime is for children ages 4 to 10 years old: Mondays at 6:30 p.m., March 14–April 25. Toddler[…]

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You’ll be happy to hear that Interim School Supt. Shonta Langford-Green has reached out to the Independent in an effort to work together and be friends. She also invited us[…]

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After a mother was denied information in 2014 from Police Chief Hal Berriman on her special-needs, minor daughter’s sexual assault in the parking lot at Belleville High School, she filed[…]

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The Belleville High School men’s swim team won the Western Wayne Athletic Conference league title on Friday. These swimmers had an undefeated season in the league going 8-0 and then[…]

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Larry Starks, 82, of Ypsilanti was swimming in the Belleville High School pool during Senior Aquatic Swim on Feb. 16, when he blacked out. Pool manager John Cast said Starks[…]

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On the front page of the Feb. 25 Independent, it was stated that the Visteon bonds due in 2017 will be beyond the township’s ability to pay. Actually, that date[…]

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Eric Luke, who was named Sumpter Township Police Chief on Feb. 23, has deep roots in the Belleville-area community. Luke, 45, grew up in Van Buren Township and graduated from[…]

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Sumpter Township’s Police Captain Eric Luke has been promoted to police chief. At the regular Feb. 23 meeting of the board of trustees, Capt. Luke was unanimously named chief to[…]

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