By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The Sumpter Township Planning Commission met May 8 to conduct a public hearing on a request for special exception use of the Sumpter Roller[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The only item on the May 8 agenda of the Belleville Planning Commission was a sign review for Lake Plaza, Sam Kassab’s upgrade for[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On May 5, after more than an hour of discussing the Administrative Policy for the Strawberry Festival June 13-15, the Belleville City Council approved[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor After being shot in the face, a 16-year-old Belleville High School student was taken to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital by Huron Valley Ambulance at[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Keystone Charter Academy Principal Keturah Godfrey told school board members that last year’s summer program was “incredibly effective for our whole school” so the[…]
In the May 1 edition of the Belleville-Area Independent on page 3 we reported the regional detention pond that the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority wants to build would[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter On April 30, Judge Gregory Bill took only a few minutes to adjourn until May 23 the scheduled final conference for accused murderer Richard[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Dale Kenneth Phifer, 76, of Van Buren Township waived his preliminary exam at the 34th District Court on April 30 and was bound over[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter On April 30 in Wayne County Circuit Court, Paul Edward Henson, 43, of Sumpter Township stood with his Legal Aid defense attorney Donald Johnson[…]
On May 13, Van Buren Township Clerk Leon Wright will again put on the Belleville High School Student Council election in the BHS Commons using regular voting machines and coded[…]