About the Program: Spring Creek Elementary hosts Eagle Academy, a before and after school enrichment program funded through the 21st Century Learning Centers grant. The Academy offers a variety of learning activities free to all Spring Creek students. The goal of the Academy is to promote academic growth and excellence through enrichment opportunities in a […]
Chief Williams: City ‘Really Lucky’ Escaping Major Storm Damage
The storms which raked Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia on Tuesday evening did only minor damage in East Ridge, officials said Wednesday. East Ridge Fire Chief Mike Williams said the city suffered “minor damage in general” from straight line winds that blew trees down and left tens of thousands of people without power in the […]
ERHS Band Room Dedicated to Vandergriff
“Walk slow, breathe deep.” _ Perry Vandergriff In an intimate ceremony Thursday evening, the band hall inside the school’s art center was dedicated to former East Ridge High School band director Perry D. Vandergriff. Dianne Vandergriff, Perry’s widow, cut a ribbon in front of the double doors in the lobby beneath a bronze plaque memorializing […]
Planned Field House at RJS Moving Forward
Members of the East Ridge Alumni and Supporters Association heard from Hamilton County Commissioner Tim Boyd, Monday night, at the organization’s meeting at East Ridge High School. Commissioner Boyd said that the county school board’s transfer of the high school and middle school’s athletic fields to the City of East Ridge was “a done deal.” […]
City Rolls Out Plan for Beautification of Exit 1
During its only meeting of March on Thursday night, the East Ridge City Council adopted a proposal from an engineering firm to beautify Exit I on Interstate 75. The council approved phase I of the project proposed by ASA Engineering for civil engineering, landscape architectural design, construction documents and bid services in the amount of […]
IDB Extends Incentives to Developer
The city’s Industrial Development Board voted unanimously Tuesday evening to provide one million dollars in incentives to an area businessman who intends to build a strip mall in the 6100 block of Ringgold Road. Suhash Patel told IDB members that he is moving forward on building a 6,500 square-foot building at the corner of Truman […]
Volunteers Help Spruce Up Spring Creek Elementary
More than two dozen volunteers chipped in Saturday morning to give Spring Creek Elementary School a spring cleaning. Well, it was a little more involved than just taking some Mr. Clean to the floors and counters, as parents, teachers, volunteers from the East Ridge Council of the Chamber of Commerce and students from across the […]
Government Files Suit Against Heltons for Back Taxes
The Internal Revenue Service has filed a civil lawsuit against East Ridge Municipal Judge Cris Helton and his ex-wife, Esther Helton, claiming the Heltons owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes to the government. According to the suit filed in U.S. Federal Court on Feb. 24, the government is seeking $438,556 in back […]
UPDATED: HCSB Approves Transfer of Athletic Facilities
The Hamilton County School Board, in its regularly scheduled meeting, voted unanimously Thursday night to deed over athletic facilities at East Ridge High School to the City of East Ridge. The deal, long in the making, will divest Hamilton County Schools of any responsibility in maintaining football, baseball and the softball fields as well as […]
Miller: New Motels, Retail and Restaurants on the Way
East Ridge City Manager Scott Miller briefed the Industrial Development Board Tuesday night at City Hall telling them among other things that the city is negotiating with the owner of the 4As Inn to raze the aging motel and build a new one. “We’ve met with them three or four times and we are trying […]
UPDATED: Postal Worker Tips Police to Murder/Suicide
UPDATE: East Ridge Police have identified the two people found deceased from an apparent murder/suicide on Shelby Circle. Joseph (Charlie) Yates and Ellen McKenzie were found after a mail carrier found a note on the mailbox and notified police. The victims were taken to the Hamilton County medical examiner’s office an investigators are waiting […]
City Council Agonizes over ‘Amenities’ on Parkway
The East Ridge City Council met Thursday at City Hall and once again issues pertaining to the Jordan Crossing development dominated the discussion. The council voted on first reading to adopt an ordinance which would give a small parcel of land in the 600 block of Camp Jordan Parkway to Exit 1 LLC, the developers […]
Diamond Tower at New Location on Mack Smith Road
Diamond Tower, the full-service jewelry store that has been serving East Ridge for 13 years, recently moved to a new location on the eastern end of Ringgold Road. Byron Brooks, the proprietor of Diamond Tower, said that he moved his shop to 1465 Mack Smith Road, across the street from Cracker Barrel, to make shopping […]
Gravitt, Gardenhire Receive Input from Citizens
Two members of the Hamilton County delegation to the General Assembly _ Rep. Marc Gravitt and Sen. Todd Gardenhire _ held a forum at the community center on Thursday evening. The hour-long forum was an attempt to “hear what’s on your mind and learn what you are concerned about,” Sen. Gardenhire said. The sparsely-attended event […]
Group Home Resident Charged with Rape
On Thursday, a call to police to investigate a disorder at a group home for mentally challenged adults has led to the arrest of a resident on rape charges. Shantez Ferguson, 22, of 1612 Truman Avenue, a resident of the home, was charged with Rape. He was jailed on a $10,000 bond and is scheduled […]
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