A fire damaged a duplex on South Terrace, late Wednesday afternoon, creating traffic congestion on the busy thoroughfare during one of the heaviest travel days of the year. East Ridge firefighters were dispatched to 4104 South Terrace at 4:31 p.m.. When firefighters arrived smoke was visible coming from a second story window. Officials said the […]
Lambert Elected Vice President and Appointed COO of TVRM
The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Board has elected Brent Lambert Vice President and appointed him as Chief Operating Officer. He previously served as the museum’s Director of Development and Passenger Sales. He will be providing day-to-day leadership of TVRM’s passenger operations,customer service, retail and food services, and marketing. TVRM volunteer President, Tim Andrews, will continue […]
Private Citizens, City Working on Resurrecting Christmas Parade
Efforts are underway by private citizens and city officials to have a Christmas parade in the city. Earlier this week a group of private citizens began discussing the prospect of having a parade after Saturday’s East Ridge Christmas Parade was cancelled due to threatening weather. It was the first time in the event’s decades-long history […]
East Ridge Offices Closed In Observance of Thanksgiving
East Ridge city offices and services will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 23 and 24 in observance of Thanksgiving. For businesses and residents who have Thursday garbage pickup, their garbage will be collected on Wednesday, November 22. Please have trash carts to the road the night before (Tuesday, November 21). Recycling will be picked up as regularly scheduled […]
Tennessee State Revolving Fund Provides $7.3 Million for WWTA Project in East Ridge
The City of East Ridge is about to see a lot more of the Hamilton County WWTA, thanks to funding by the State of Tennessee’s Revolving Fund. The WWTA has worked hand-in-hand with the City of East Ridge over the last 18 to 24 months to define sewer infrastructure needs that will assist with critical […]
UPDATED: Spring Creek Elementary Closed Due to Fire
UPDATE: Spring Creek Elementary School Principal Pihl Iannarone said Monday afternoon that he expects the school to reopen next Monday, after fire damaged the boiler room in a separate maintenance building. He said the fire was contained to one side of the building that had a firewall running down the middle. The fire happened during […]
Christmas Parade Cancelled
The East Ridge Christmas Parade set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday evening has been cancelled. East Ridge Police Chief J.R. Reed said early Saturday afternoon that the decision to cancel the parade was due to a near certainty of severe weather coinciding with the event. “I’ve been monitoring the weather since 9 a.m. (Saturday) morning,” Chief […]
You Want to ‘Thrive’?
Many people driving by Pioneer Frontier playground this week may have noticed men working to install what on first blush appeared to be a sculpture. Actually, it’s a first-of-its-kind outdoor workout station that can be used to “sculpt” bodies. GameTime, the same outfit that built the playground near the amphitheater at Camp Jordan, installed the […]
Christmas Parade on for Saturday
UPDATE: City Manager Scott Miller said Thursday that even though the forecast for Saturday calls for rain in the area, the East Ridge Christmas Parade is scheduled to go forward. Miller said that if the weather becomes severe – a downpour or lightning – the parade will be called off. East Ridge Christmas […]
Electrical Fire Damages Old Kingwood Building
A small electrical fire damaged the building that once housed Kingwood Pharmacy, early Thursday morning. East Ridge Fire Department was dispatched to 3824 Ringgold Road at 1:39 a.m., according to records from Hamilton County 911. An official with the fire department said that a resident across the street from the building on Kingwood Driver reported […]
Chattanooga FC 2018 Season Passes are HERE
The wait is over! Chattanooga FC is thrilled to unveil its season ticket packages for the 2018 season at chattanoogafc.com. This year is our tenth season, and the team is pulling out all the stops with some great perks for season ticket holders. “It’s hard to believe we celebrating our 10th season. Our fans and […]
Housing Commission Foregoes Razing of Home
The East Ridge Housing Commission is giving the owner of a dilapidated house on East End Avenue 30 days in which to take action to improve the property or the city will have it razed. During its first ever case, the housing commission met Monday evening at City Hall and heard from the city’s codes […]
Fire Destroys RV
A fire destroyed a recreational vehicle that the owner was trying to move from his yard on Tuesday morning. According to East Ridge Fire Chief Mike Williams, the fire was reported just before 9:30 a.m. at 1312 Pleasant Street. When firefighters arrived the recreational vehicle was about 50 percent consumed by flames. Firefighters quickly […]
Bethpage Man Arrested on Drug Charge
A vehicle cruising around motels with “high criminal narcotic activity” has led to the arrest of a Bethpage, Tenn. man on drug charges, Sunday. James Hines, 37, of a Hog Hollow Road address in Bethpage, was booked into the Hamilton County Jail, charged with Possession of Schedule II drugs and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His […]
Auditors Give City Clean Bill of Health
Auditors for the City of East Ridge had high praise for the city’s financial condition, Thursday night at the City Council meeting. Jason Martin, a principal with the accounting firm Henderson, Hutcherson & McCullough, told the council that its healthy fund balance of $5.4 million was to be “commended.” Martin said that any healthy city […]
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