Get ready to bring the timeless comedy “The Odd Couple” by Neil Simon to life! The Van Buren Community Players are holding open auditions on Monday, July 14 and Tuesday,[…]

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Zachary Thomas Pauley Zachary Thomas Pauley of Sumpter Township is charged with assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer in Sumpter Township on June 11. He was arraigned on June 12 and a[…]

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A highly intoxicated, 42-year-old Van Buren Township resident was taken into custody by police after reportedly firing a long gun and a handgun from his residence in the 49000 block[…]

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Ella Atchinson of Van Buren Township gave her father a vintage license plate for Father’s Day. She bought it on eBay as a special surprise because the 1971 date matched[…]

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Dan Swallow, who previously worked as director of planning and economic development for Van Buren Township, was selected as city manager of Saline on a 4-3 voice vote of the[…]

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A small kitten was thrown out of a car on Main Street, between First and Second streets in Belleville, on Friday afternoon, June 27. A witness on the sidewalk alerted[…]

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By Ania Felder Special Writer After competing in the FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston, TX in April, three seniors from Belleville High School’s “Bellevillains” team sat down to talk[…]

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At its regular meeting on June 24, the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority unanimously voted to hire Huntington Securities as the underwriter for its proposed $5 million bond for[…]

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If you are not at a meeting at around 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, you should be. “No King” demonstrators want you to support them on the Quirk Road[…]

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Van Buren Township Deputy Police Chief Joshua Monte provides a summary of an involved incident that began with many 911 calls reporting shots fired. One neighbor told the Independent he[…]

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