The Belleville Community Chorus is scheduled to start rehearsals at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 26, for its spring concert season. Rehearsals, under Director Susan Hiser, are held at First United[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Shareen Barker of Monroe was hired as the Van Buren Public Schools Director of Finance at Monday’s meeting of the school board. Barker replaces[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The Sumpter Township Planning Commission has scheduled a 7:05 p.m., Feb. 12, public hearing after which it will decide whether to recommend revoking of[…]
Late in October a letter was sent to almost 100 community groups, organizations, businesses, and churches asking for help in supplying food for the Thanksgiving and Christmas bags that the[…]
Re: Law Enforcement Appreciation Day By: Gregory Laurain, Public Safety Director, Van Buren Township On Jan. 9, the FBI National Academy Associates and partnering organizations in support of law enforcement[…]
At 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, Belleville police officers noticed a traffic infraction at Five Points, made a U-turn, and stopped the car in Sam’s parking lot. Belleville Police Chief[…]
The Van Buren Eagles, 9961 Beck Road, Van Buren Township, invite the public to a Saturday night Sock Hop from 8 p.m. to midnight on Jan. 17. Fast Eddie, a[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor With a few hours to spare, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees held public hearings on 18 of its budgets before the end[…]
Jeff and Sue Kotlarek of Romulus are the winners of $100 in the Independent contest where readers were invited to write what they like about the paper or the story[…]
The Yankee Air Museum (YAM) is dismantling its Mars Rover Exploration Station and making way for its next big attraction: Fly Zone. The Exploration Station is the museum’s area for[…]