By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Christina Zanetta Holmes, 24, was sentenced to two years of probation on Sept. 18, after pleading guilty to assaulting friends at a party May[…]
By Arthur Mullen, Director VBT Planning & Economic Development Fall is the perfect time for cleaning up one’s house, garage, workshop, medicine cabinet, or under the kitchen sink. Van Buren[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Special Writer At the Oct. 8 meeting of the Van Buren Township Local Development Finance Authority, a unanimous recommendation was made for the VBT Board to[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On Oct. 4, Bankruptcy Court Judge Thomas J. Tucker signed an order approving the ex-parte request of Chapter 7 Trustee Wendy Turner Lewis to[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On Saturday, Oct. 12, after Harvest Fest is over in downtown Belleville, 80 women dressed as witches will begin arriving for the second-annual “Witch[…]
The Michigan Press Association announced, in time for this week’s celebration of National Newspaper Week, that the Belleville-Area Independent has earned two awards among all entrants in its category statewide.[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor If tri-community taxpayers vote for funding next year, a new, two-story district library complex will be built on the DNR property on the lake,[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Just before 11 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, a customer at Cracker Barrel on the N. I-94 Service Drive told the restaurant management that[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor A Belleville Downtown Development Authority committee is moving forward with plans to lease sculptures to install outside in six locations in downtown Belleville for[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At its regular meeting Sept. 24, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees gave local approval to Roy Acho’s request for a Class C Liquor[…]