Gimme swelter? The forecast for the next 36 hours looks rough—temperatures reaching up to 100 degrees, with little to no chance of precipitation. City spokesman Ric Barrick advised locals to be mindful of when they water their lawns, and Charlottesville announced recently that the Key Recreation Center will be available as a cooling center "any day that the temperature is predicted to be above 90"—which looks like most of this week. Stay cool, folks.
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Parallax Project and Oenoverse co-founder and UVA School of Data Science associate director of career connections and community engagement Reggie Leonard shares thoughts on how to spend a day in Charlottesville: When I think about my perfect Charlottesville Day, I’ll give myself the constraint of a weekday/workday. I love unexpectedly warm days, when I’m working […]
