Guide to a death-defying summer o' 2012
Mint Springs provides a beach with mountain views. Skinny dipping at Mint Springs…
May 24th, 2012 issue #1121
Beware: There's a dark side of sunny days
The warm sun on your skin... picnics with friends.... long, lazy days... beach vacations... heat stroke? We're not trying to kill your summer buzz, but there are a few heightened risks associated with summertime fun, so follow these precautions. And then dive right in!Tick tick tick
Brain eater: After boy's death, aunt urges safer swimming
For decades, brain-eating organisms were the stuff of legends– or of legendarily hot places like Texas, Arizona, and Florida. But the killer amoeba known as Naegleria fowleri really did invade and consume a boy's brain right here in Virginia. It happened last summer, and Bonnie Strickland knows all too well. Related Dr. Hook: 'Brain drain: Lethal amoebae take devasting toll'
Burning roadside: Can Mark Cline rise again from the ashes?
Just as the tourist season was about to begin, one of Virginia's most trip-worthy attractions has been destroyed by fire, a rude turn for the one-man whirling dervish whose creativity, for 30 years, has kept the tiny town of Natural Bridge on the map of summer fun. Related stories: • Can Professor Cline save the Taubman?
News
Bears and bobcats: Central Va. gets natural history museum
Since the Charlottesville branch of the Virginia Natural History Museum closed its doors in 2004, the Smithsonian Institution's museum in Washington is closer for local nat...
Beaten, but undrained: Litigant says City gets its water... in 40 years
One man's water lawsuit against four local governments was tossed out of court Friday as a judge dismissed the case and, in a separate ruling, validated the lead defendant...
Boyce's battle: Former Prism director takes on alligator
Back in 2004, Fred Boyce made headlines for wrangling with folk musicians at the Prism Coffeehouse, where he was the talented if hot-tempered artistic director, responsible...
Feud ends: Giles cashes as VNB heads for buying spree
If anyone were expecting fireworks or fisticuffs at the annual meeting of Virginia National Bank Monday night, they were shown less a feud than a roadmap to riches, as bank...
No response: Huguely misses lawsuit's 21-day deadline
When Sharon Love served a $30 million lawsuit on her daughter's convicted killer on April 26, by law, George Huguely had three weeks to respond. However, by the end of day ...
This is how the free Sunday evening concert that country music superstar Alan Jackson gave the people of Louisa County looked. The May 20 event was limited to a crowd of 6,...
Tow talk: Council votes 4-1 for advisory board
After a reported spike in towing complaints from visitors to downtown Charlottesville, the city's towing laws are about to come under scrutiny as City Council voted 4-1 to ...
Weschler's world: Berkshire Hathaway buys 'Daily Progress'
Ted Weschler has just become an even bigger media mogul in Charlottesville. That's because his boss, Warren Buffett, just bought most of debt-laden Media General's newspape...
When trees sprout photographs...
...That means Look3, Charlottesville's photography fest, is just around the corner. The underwater photos of National Geographic's David Doubilet started going up at 7am Fr...
The Dish
New frogurt: Bloop plops down on Pantops
Like a cool dollop of twisty soft-serve ice-cream falling slowly in circles from the machine as it shapes a mound on a crispy sweet cone, Charlottesville's newest self-serv...
Sweating for sweets: Paradox Bakery comes to Glass Building
Amidst construction work, unopened equipment boxes, stacked furniture, the smell of fresh paint, and general chaos, a chocolate layer cake sits temptingly on a high table c...
American Wildways: Connecting wildlife and helping ourselves
By Amy Mathews AmosLast year, conservation athlete John Davis left his job and spent 10 months covering 7,600 miles on an epic journey. Unlike Jack Kerouac, the 47-year old...
Real Estate - On the Block
Halsey's houses: Fox Ridge offered as plantation deteriorates
