The East Ridge City Council passed on first reading a new sign ordinance that may regulate LED signs during its first meeting of 2016, Thursday at City Hall. Vice Mayor Marc Gravitt, who had tabled the measure from its Nov. 12 meeting, initially wanted to leave the ordinance tabled. But, after a quick sidebar discussion […]
ER Alumni Group Planning for New Facilities at RJS
The East Ridge Alumni & Supporters Association met Monday evening and heard from former Pioneer football coach Tim James about costs associated with new athletic facilities at Raymond James Stadium. According to minutes from the meeting, James presented the group with plans and drawings from a vendor for facilities at the stadium such as restrooms […]
Cherry Cobbler
Back in the summer I would have prayed for a cold day like today. At 5 A.M. This morning when I had to go out in the freezing cold to go to work, I was dreaming of summer. Isn’t that the way it always goes, we want the opposite of what we’ve got? I came […]
Fire Damages Frawley Rd. Home
The following is a press release from the East Ridge Fire Department. On 1-13-2016, a residential fire was reported at 529 Frawley Rd. East Ridge TN 37412. Upon arrival of East Ridge Fire and Police, heavy smoke and fire was found coming from a single family dwelling. Fire crews made an interior attack and quickly […]
Zoning Board Denies Rezoning
On Monday night, the East Ridge Zoning Appeals Board denied a request to rezone property for the construction of two duplexes. The property on Worsham Avenue, a dead-end street in the 600 block of Marlboro Avenue, has a drainage ditch that dissects the two lots measuring 162 feet by 142 feet. Chief Building Official Brad […]
Fire Damages House on Tombras
A pre-dawn fire damaged a house on Tombras Avenue on Saturday. Officials with the East Ridge Fire Department said a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department deputy coming home from work noticed smoke coming from the house at 1712 Tombras at about 5:30 a.m. Moments later when East Ridge firefighters arrived, fire was coming through the roof […]
Water Line Break Hinders Traffic
A broken water line on Ringgold Road posed a problem to motorists Wednesday morning. According to a worker from Tennessee American Water Company, a two-inch water pipe ruptured in the 4200 block of Ringgold Road sometime before 9 a.m. A geyser from the burst pipe was shooting more than 20 feet in the air as […]
Early Discounts for Summer Camp
Angela’s Angels and Athletes summer camp discounts are now being offered. According to Angela Meyer, who has run the popular camp based at BCA for many years with her husband Ernie, early sign-up discounts are now available. Camp registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. The camps are for rising kindergartners through eighth-grade. The camps run […]
ERPD Arrests Dec. 28-Jan. 3
According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from Dec. 27 to Jan. 3. An arrest does not mean that a person has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. BURNETTE, KEVIN […]
UPDATED: Cyclist Struck on Ringgold Road
UPDATE: The East Ridge Police Department reported on Friday that the woman driving the car that struck the motorized cyclist gave a false name to authorities. The woman’s true identity is Breanna Wilson. She has been charged with Criminal Impersonation. Authorities also said that the man that was struck on the motorized bicycle has been […]
Comptroller’s Office Marks Record Achievment
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline is marking a record achievement in its effort to help uncover the misuse of government funds and property. According to a report on the comptroller’s Website, confidential tips to the hotline helped to identify a record $1,112,500 in confirmed thefts, shortages and questioned costs for the fiscal year […]
Christmas Nights of Lights Closed Saturday
The Christmas Nights of Lights, scheduled for tonight at Camp Jordan, has been cancelled due to the flooding in the park. East Ridge Parks and Recreation Director, Stump Martin, said a big crowd was again expected tonight. “We told Titan Lights Show executives Ritchie and Dodd King two years ago that we experience the creeks […]
UPDATED: Flood Waters Continue to Menace City
The skies cleared briefly on Saturday morning after the city received a record rainfall on Christmas day. But, many residents were still keeping a keen eye on rising floodwaters which are menacing parts of East Ridge. Rex Wheeler, who has lived on Notingham Drive for many years, haled out boxes of valuables from the garage […]
Longley Wins Christmas Lights Contest
Donnie Longley has been decorating the outside of his home on Marion Avenue for the past several years to put his family in the Christmas spirit, in particular his granddaughter Khloe. This year his labor of love during Christmastime paid off, as Longley was selected in a poll of East Ridge News Online readers as […]
Cinnamon Sugar Dutch Puff
Hosting a big Christmas morning breakfast has been my thing for about ten years now. A typical Christmas morning looks like this: I rise early in the morning and start the preparations, friends and family arrive around ten, starving from all their present opening, and we feast. Everyone leaves, I wash all the dishes and […]
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