By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At its Dec. 16 regular meeting, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to pledge the township’s full faith and credit to[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The Belleville Police Department will be getting 10 body cameras and supporting equipment if it can come up with $2,750 in donations by April.[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The last pay telephone in Belleville is going to stay where it is, on the porch of the library for the public to use.[…]
Tickets are now on sale for the St. Anthony Men’s Club annual holiday dance. This year it is a Mardi Gras on Jan. 31 in the Fr. Folta Building behind[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Just before the end of a half-hour regular meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees on Dec. 9, newly appointed Trustee Matthew Oddy[…]
Lydia Marvaso, 11, a sixth-grade student in the Gifted and Talented program at Owen Intermediate School, recently competed in The Amazing Girl and Miss Pageant. Lydia won the 2015 title[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Members of the small audience applauded after the Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted Dec. 10 to give preliminary site plan approval to Menards[…]
Guests attending the Belleville-Area Independent’s celebration of 20 years of publishing on Friday, Jan. 9, will each be entitled to a free personal classified ad for three weeks – the[…]
Detroit Police Officer James R. Pierce was presented with a Medal of Valor, along with four co-workers, for heroism during a police run on June 24. The officers were given[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor A public hearing was held Dec. 10 before the Van Buren Township Planning Commission to hear plans for a new building to fill the[…]