Usually on Thursdays East Ridge News Online files a news story detailing what happened at the City Council meeting. This week, however, the council has decided to reschedule its meeting to July 16 because the entire council _ with the exception of Vice-Mayor Marc Gravitt who has business in Nashville _ has loaded up and […]

On Tuesday June 30, the East Ridge City Council decided to act like 90 percent of American consumers and go into debt for Christmas. During budget discussions Councilman Cagle discussed including in the budget a Christmas bonus of $250 for full-time employees and $125 bonus for part-time employees. This added about $100,000 in expenditures to […]

After close to two years of keeping the seat warm it has become City Manager Andrew Hyatt’s time to depart for sandier pastures. Our city’s perpetual game of musical chairs to fill the City Manager seat will once again begin. Oh you know what… The nerd in me just missed a very obvious Game Of […]

Last week was a stormy one in East Ridge. On Monday, high winds and thundershowers raked the city, causing widespread power outages as trees and limbs came crashing down on electric lines, houses and roads. Neighbors quickly came to the aid of those in trouble, cutting up limbs and hauling them to the street, doing […]

Let me start this opinion by saying that I have the utmost respect, appreciation and confidence in East Ridge Fire Chief Mike Williams. With that said, the action taken by East Ridge City Council at the June 10 called meeting removing Deputy City Manager responsibilities from Thad Jablonski and placing them on Chief Williams, I […]