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this WEEK'S STORIes, april 10, 2026

Pictured: This year's Budget Orientation Packet for the first budget committee meeting.

To prepare for the coming budget session, Independence plans to revise the current budget after borrowing $500,000 from the city's line of credit at Columbia Bank....Continued

Pictured: A morning on Main Street this week, site of on-the-street inquiries by TN.

In a series of brief in-person interviews along Main Street, Trammart News asked 10 people what is on their minds as the budget process ...Continued

Pictured: The Independence Bunny trail along the river path, decorated last week.

Last week, Trammart News had the pleasure of interviewing a large rabbit suffering from fatigue due to egg-distribution for children ...Continued

last WEEK'S STORIes, april 3, 2026

Pictured: File folders illustrating the ways in which some local teachers are feeling bullied.

When contract negotiations began this year between teachers and Central School District, one section seemed to leap from the 57-page proposal being discussed: "Harassment and Safety." ...Continued

Pictured: Mayor Kate Schwarzler (center, background) at recent Parallel 45 "pub talk" gathering.

A "pub talk" by Mayor Kate Schwarzler last week brought inquiries from attendees that appear to show sharp attention is being paid to ...Continued

Pictured: A dandelion infestation in a neighborhood that is starting to sprout them all around.

It's time for the tiny takeover of lawns and grassy spaces – by what some call the crowning glory of sudden "sun plants" and others decry as ...Continued

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