At the beginning of the July 15 meeting of the Belleville Downtown Development Authority, City Manager Diana Kollmeyer announced how the city is using federal funds, dispersed by Wayne County,[…]
The fifth-annual Art Affair on Main will be open this Saturday and Sunday on Main Street in downtown Belleville. Saturday’s hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday’s hours[…]
At the July 7 meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees, Trustee Brenda McClanahan read the following report to her fellow board members on the serious situation at[…]
On July 13, a woman on East Huron River Drive in the city of Belleville called police to report a young male dog had wandered up on her porch. Cpl.[…]
The Sumpter Township Board of Trustees at its regular meeting July 14 selected low-bidder Mr. Sealcoat to reseal and restripe four township parking lots. The lots being redone are at[…]
The following statement was released by AT&T in answer to the Independent’s questions about door-to-door sales. The newspaper has had several complaints about “fake” AT&T salesmen going door to door.[…]
On Sunday afternoon, a Memorial Service was held at the Progressive Hall at Five Points in Romulus for Timothy Forrest Graves, 22, a Belleville paid-per-call fire fighter who died June[…]
Louis Barnes of Van Buren Township said he is the one who drives the Davenport Brothers Construction flatbed truck loaded with construction equipment that regularly parks in handicapped spaces at[…]
The Nov. 3 ballot should be interesting for local voters. On Monday, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education approved going for a .5 mill renewal of the present[…]
On July 15, after 34th District Court Chief Judge Tina Brooks Green had made the decision to bind over defendant Ralph Rosas to face felony charges at circuit court, the[…]