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Elizabeth Ryan

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Just six months after the recession slowed business at the Chattanooga Market to a crawl, the weekly craft fair and farmer’s market at the First Tennessee Pavilion opened to a spring crowd of almost 10,000 people Sunday, its general manager said.

Shoppers packed the Chattanooga Market today, buying tomato plants, herbs and locally produced arts and crafts.

Cemetery history

Fun Facts about the lives of some of those buried in Forest Hills Cemetery

Joe Engel, owner and promoter of the Chattanooga Lookouts who died in 1969, was known as “The King of Minor League.” To boost ticket sales during the Great Depression, he raffled off a house in 1931, a stunt that drew 24,000 spectators.

East Ridge Mayor Mike Steele gets to keep his job.

ON THE CHEAP

Experts offer tips for cutting back on cost, not nutrition

With tomatoes these days costing about $3.49 a pound, it might seem cheaper to skimp on nutrition and just boil a package of ramen noodles.

A Hamilton County judge has dismissed a petition for ouster against East Ridge Mayor Mike Steele.

About 60 East Ridge baseball and softball players, their parents and coaches turned out Thursday night for the City Council’s vote to approve new lighting for the fields at Camp Jordan.

An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for a Chattanooga insurance agent accused of defrauding a policyholder out of $2.6 million in unearned commissions and fees.

East Ridge has five business days to turn over City Attorney John Anderson’s itemized bills for the court to inspect, a judge ruled Monday.

Chattanooga: Meeting of traditions

Native Americans exhibit culture and practices at powwow

Without her beaded headband and the mink regalia covering her braids, Kate Jolly probably looks like any other green-eyed Alabama teenager.

In the wake of this week’s thundershowers, a wave of cold air will rush into the Chattanooga area early next week, according to David Glenn meteorologist with Newschannel 9.

East Ridge politics underwent a second day of scrutiny Wednesday as residents and city employees testified in Hamilton County Criminal Court in the ouster trial of Mayor Mike Steele.

One of the people who brought an ouster lawsuit against East Ridge Mayor Mike Steele acknowledged today that she never spoke with the city manager about the allegations she was making.

Hamilton County Commissioner Curtis Adams said he resigned as city manager of East Ridge last year because Mayor Mike Steele lied to him and interfered with his work.

East Ridge Mayor Mike Steele is on the stand today to defend himself in an ouster suit.

Witnesses are testifying today in the ouster suit against East Ridge Mayor Mike Steele.

About 400 people bundled up against the cold Sunday for the 14th annual Chattanooga CARES Strides of March event, which raised about $50,000 for HIV/AIDS preventative education, support and treatment.

About 400 people bundled up against the cold Sunday for the 14th annual Chattanooga Cares Strides of March AIDS walk.

East Ridge city leaders voted unanimously Thursday to authorize a malpractice suit against former city attorney Cris Helton and his former law firm unless they agree to extend the city’s right to file a claim against them.

Joan Grant is a regular shopper at Encore Consignment Boutique in Riverview, where she said she bought most of her favorite clothes, such as her black designer handbag.

The City of East Ridge offered a settlement Wednesday to Hamilton County Commissioner Curtis Adams in his lawsuit over city attorney John Anderson’s legal bills.

The City of East Ridge offered a settlement today to Hamilton County Commissioner Curtis Adams in his lawsuit over city attorney John Anderson’s legal bills.

The latest allegation by petitioners in the ouster suit against East Ridge Mayor Mike Steele is that he misused his powers by contracting with a public relations company without the consent of the City Council.

The Bow-Dacious String Band is more than a group of children playing guitar, violin, mandolin cello and banjo, director of the Urbana, Ill.-based ensemble Robin Kearton said at a concert in Chattanooga on Sunday: It’s a community in progress.

The Bow-Dacious String Band is more than a group of children playing guitar, violin, mandolin cello and banjo, director of the Urbana, Ill.-based ensemble Robin Kearton said at a concert in Chattanooga on Sunday: It’s a community in progress.

As Chattanooga’s latest up-and-coming neighborhood, Main Street has become synonymous with artisanal bread, trendy boutiques and rising property values.

It’s 105.3 degrees inside the studio at North Shore Yoga, a temperature meant to help loosen muscles and cause sweat. An apricot-colored light from the setting sun fills the room, casting shadows from venetian blinds onto rows of women in tight-fitting tanks of orange, yellow, purple.

Panhandling is not good for business or good for East Ridge, city officials said, and a proposed law soon may put an end to it.

Hamilton County Commissioner Curtis Adams said the people of East Ridge have a right to attorney John Anderson’s detailed billings, and he plans to help them get it.

Collegedale’s first mayor, Fred Fuller, lost his bid for re-election Tuesday, in a six-way race for three spots on the city commission.

A public hearing on the annexation of commercial property in Collegedale is planned for April 6, but some property owners have said they plan a fight.

It’s well past Christmas, but Beverly Massey has not put away her white tabletop tree.

It’s well past Christmas, but Beverly Massey has not yet put away her white tabletop tree.

East Ridge City Manager William Whitson said there’s a better way to repair the Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority’s system than the proposed $8 fee.

The Signal Mountain Town Council has rejected a request to overturn its ban on rock climbing on public land.

Attorneys for two men on trial for murder in connection with a home invasion and shooting death argued Wednesday that insufficient evidence in the case amounts to “reasonable doubt.”

The citizens group that filed an ouster suit against East Ridge Mayor Mike Steele has hired an attorney and filed an amended suit Monday in Hamilton County Criminal Court.

The East Ridge citizens group that petitioned for Mayor Mike Steele’s ouster has hired attorney Charles Wright Jr. to represent them.

Some of East Ridge’s most outspoken critics of City Hall said they believe newly hired City Manager William Whitson could improve the relationship between local government and the people.

The average bill for attorney John Anderson to attend two East Ridge City Council meetings a month is $1,573.29, and some residents want to know why, when those meetings last about an hour.

Part-time East Ridge City Attorney John Anderson has something the attorneys for Hamilton County’s other cities don’t have — a contract and a severance package.

Working within the limits of its urban growth boundary, the Collegedale City Commission voted Monday to annex nine new parcels of land, a move City Manager Ted Rogers said could generate new tax revenue for the city.

In the gray light of morning, as the Delta Queen made her way through the Tennessee River Gorge, people already were lined up waiting.

The Delta Queen is docked this morning on Suck Creek letting off passengers and is expected to arrive in Chattanooga around noon.

Just the sight of the Delta Queen puts a smile on your face.

Freedoms Foundation member Harriet Harris was so moved by last spring’s Memorial Day celebration at the National Cemetery that she wanted to do something to honor those who made the event so memorable.

The Wilkes T. Thrasher Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4848 received the George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge on Sunday in recognition of last May’s Memorial Day celebration.

East Ridge narcotics detectives seized a methamphetamine lab at the Superior Creek Lodge at 1401 N. Mack Smith Road on Thursday afternoon, according to public information officer Erik Hopkins.

David Barto pulls up in front of a house in Collegedale, where vehicles in various states of repair are parked in a side yard, parts and tools scattered in the grass.

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