One summer morning a few years ago I took a drive up to Flat Top Mountain Farm to buy a case of Roma tomatoes for roasting and freezing. I arrived at the farm stand to find not only the boxes of tomatoes I was after, but boxes and boxes of yellow squash at a really […]
East Ridge Elementary Reduces School Fees
East Ridge parents lining up for school registration Monday morning were treated with a pleasant surprise. East Ridge Elementary Principal Gail Huffstutler had decided to lower the requested school supply fee from $50 per child to $30 per child, providing a much-needed $20 per child discount to the parents of the over 1000 children […]
Purdy Named VP of Food City Center Store Operations
Abingdon, Va. _ Food City officials recently named Ross Purdy as the company’s new Vice President of Center Store Operations. Purdy, formerly of Daymon Worldwide brings more than 35 years of industry experience to the Food City team. “Ross has worked in grocery retail, consumer package goods and private brands with a number of leading […]
Navigating ERNO 2.0
Its been an exciting few days since the switch was flipped revealing the new East Ridge News Online Website. We have had a lot of positive and constructive feedback that will help us to make the website even better in the future. One of the more common questions is that some people aren’t exactly 100% […]
New ERHS Dress Code for Freshman
According to our friends at NewsChannel9, some parents at East Ridge High School are concerned about a new uniform policy. The dress code for sophomores, juniors and seniors will stay the same, but it’s freshmen who will now be required to wear something different. According to the 2015-2016 student dress code sheet, it says freshmen must wear solid navy […]
Local Elementary School Supply Lists
We are attempting to make this as simple as possible. Find the school below, then find the grade and click the link to locate the supply list for you child. School starts August 13th for both local Elementary’s. Registration dates for each elementary is listed below East Ridge Elementary – NEW DRESS CODE Registration August […]
Insane 5K Big Hit at Park
On Saturday morning at Camp Jordan, almost 1,500 people decided to have a little fun mixed in with their running, as they participated in the Insane Inflatable 5K. The park served as a backdrop for 11 inflatable obstacles on the three-mile run. Runners climbed, slid, hopped and avoided “hazards” on the inflatables arranged around the […]
Rieger New Pastor at Jones Memorial
B. Eric Rieger, was appointed to Jones Memorial UMC at the Holston Annual Conference, 2015. He grew up in North Knox County and graduated from Powell High School. He attended East Tennessee State University; upon graduation, he immediately began seminary at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Bannockburn/Deerfield, Illinois (a far-north suburb of Chicago). Afterwards, Eric […]
Car Enthusiasts Flock to Optimist Club’s ‘Cars for Kids’
Hundreds of car enthusiasts flocked to Camp Jordan Arena, Saturday, for the 1st Annual “Cars for Kids” car show held by the East Ridge Optimist Club. John Tilley, Vice President of the East Ridge Optimists, said more than 100 owners registered their cars for this first-of-its-kind effort by the three-year-old organization. “I think Curts (Baker) […]
2015-16 Hamilton County School Fee List
A few weeks ago Hamilton County Commissioners decided that the school system needed to figure a way to live within their means. They sent school board members back to the drawing board on the budget and denied their request to raise property taxes by 44 cents per $100 of assessed value. While this is a […]
City Gets $950,000 Grant from TDOT
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer announced Tuesday the award of $10.2 million in Multimodal Access Fund Grants to 14 communities across the state. The grants will fund infrastructure projects that support the transportation needs of transit users, pedestrians, and bicyclists by addressing gaps along the state […]
SCRBC Plants ‘Garden of Life’
Members of Spring Creek Road Baptist Church worked shoulder to shoulder with people from across the city on Saturday building beds and planting vegetables in its new community garden. Shari Stone, who heads up the church’s Children’s Ministry, said she got the idea of reaching out to the community via a vegetable garden from a […]
City Announces Facade Improvement Grants
The City of East Ridge announces a new local Community Development program for existing East Ridge businesses interested in projects to improve their business. Beginning Monday, May 18, businesses that are located along the Central Business Corridor, on or adjacent to Ringgold Road, can apply for grant funds. If approved, funds may be used to […]
FirstBank Agrees To Acquire Northwest Georgia Bank
NASHVILLE – FirstBank, the wholly owned subsidiary of First South Bancorp, Inc., and the third largest Tennessee-based bank, announced today the signing of a definitive agreement under which FirstBank will acquire Northwest Georgia Bank in Ringgold, Ga. Northwest Georgia Bank reported total assets of $298 million and deposits of $265 million as of March 31. […]
Drug Receptacle Now in ERPD Lobby
The East Ridge Police Department has installed a Prescription Drug Receptacle at their Ringgold Road location for citizens to drop off their expired or unused prescription medication. This allows the medication to be disposed of properly instead of ending up in landfills or in the local watershed. According to Police Chief J.R. Reed, citizens can […]