Year in and year out people in East Ridge volunteer their time and their backs to help make the creeks in our city better places. This year, the 27th edition of the Tennessee River Rescue, forty volunteers, many of them from East Ridge High School’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, focused their efforts on a […]
Second Chance Opens in ER
The Second Chance Thrift Store opened this week in the Osborne Shopping Center on Ringgold Road. This is not just any thrift store, as 100 percent of the proceeds generated from sales goes to the Humane Educational Society. “It was my husband Bob’s idea,” said Debra Citrullo, who manages the store along with her husband, […]
Car Hits House; ERPD Investigating Reported Stabbing
East Ridge police are investigating a Sunday evening accident in which a car ran off the road and hit a house. According to officials, officers were dispatched at 8:16 p.m. to the corner of Kenton Street and Marlboro Avenue on auto accident. A late model sedan had run off the road and struck the corner […]
Walmart Neighborhood Grocery Stocking Shelves
People have been working feverishly at the new Walmart Neighborhood Grocery to get ready for the October 28 Grand Opening of East Ridge’s newest grocery store. “We are on our eighth truck of freight and we started last Monday,” said William Venable the store’s manager. “We had an empty building and this team has come […]
City Boards Meet
The East Ridge Beer Board and the East Ridge Planning Commission met Monday afternoon at City Hall. The Planning Commission, with only three members present, approved a request from a group of home builders to rezone a tract of land adjacent from McBrien Road from Residential Townhouse (RT1) to Residential with Zero Lot line (RZ1). […]
Pioneers Remain Undefeated with 14-9 Win over Irish
The East Ridge High School football team remained undefeated on the year with a 14-9 win over Notre Dame Friday evening on the Irish’s home turf. Traneil Moore topped the 1,000-yard mark for the season by rushing for 217 yards on 30 carries. East Ridge’s defense kept Irish quarter Alex Darras in check as he […]
School Kids Get Tour of City Hall
Thursday morning was not exactly business as usual at City Hall and the Police and Fire Services Center. About 80 second-graders from East Ridge Elementary School marched down Ealy Road with a police escort to tour City Hall and talk with officials about how the city works. Of course, the highlight of the tour was […]
Alumni Gather to Discuss Stadium Issue
About three dozen East Ridge High School Alumni and other interested parties gathered Monday evening in a storefront on Ringgold Road to talk about what they can do to help the school rebuild Raymond James Stadium. The discussion centered on what can be done to raise funds to augment efforts by the Hamilton County […]
Lady Pioneers Clinch District with Win Over Hixson
East Ridge clinched the regular-season District 6 A/AA title Wednesday night with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Hixson in girls’ soccer at Camp Jordan. Lady Pioneer Coach Jeremy McIntyre said it was a “great game in the trenches,” as East Ridge improved its record to 7-0-1 and a perfect 6-0 in the district. “This […]
Officials Going Room-to-Room in SCL Assessment
East Ridge and state officials, along with engineers and an architect, are currently inspecting all four buildings in the Superior Creek Lodge attempting to determine what repairs it needs to bring it up to current city building and fire safety codes. Interim City Manager Mike Williams, who is also the fire chief, said […]
Ross, Cope Honored During Optimist Lunch
The East Ridge Optimist Club held its Fourth Annual First Responder Appreciation luncheon at the city’s Community Center, Monday afternoon. Harry Mackey, the club’s president, said the organization devotes much of its efforts in helping to bring out the best in youth, but this lunch is a gesture to those who serve in law and […]
UPDATED: City Condemns Remaining Units at SCL
The City of East Ridge moved Thursday to condemn the two remaining buildings at the Superior Creek Lodge on N. Mack Smith Road. In a 20-minute meeting with SCL owner David Gysin, his attorney and an engineer hired by Gysin, officials concluded that the remaining 128 units in Buildings B and D are unsafe for […]
UPDATED: City Condemns Half of Superior Creek Lodge
East Ridge city officials condemned two buildings at Superior Creek Lodge, Wednesday evening. Codes Enforcement officials and officers with the ERPD arrived at the 400-unit facility on N. Mack Smith Road after 7 p.m. to serve notice, said Fire Chief and Acting City Manager Mike Williams. Chief Williams said codes enforcement officials were acting on […]
UPDATED: Bi-Lo Robbed
According to the East Ridge Police Department, a Bi-Lo on Ringgold Road was robbed Sunday night. According to a press release, On Sunday, September 6, 2015, at about 10:55 pm, two black males entered the BiLo at 3715 Ringgold Road, East Ridge, TN. One black male vaulted the service counter demanding money from the employee. The […]
Pioneers Make Themselves Home at Baylor by Downing Eagles, 35-10
Someone once famously made the pronouncement, “Home is where the heart is.” Apparently the heart of East Ridge football is anywhere there’s a field with green grass that is marked in a gridiron. On Friday night, in its “home opener,” the Pioneers, using Baylor’s field _ the revered Raymond James Stadium has been condemned _ […]