VIRGINIA BEACH Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! But not on the beach. With the advent of tourist season, it's worth knowing that you can't get soused on the sand. Last year, at least 228 people were charged with having glass or alcohol on the beach, according to a database of state Supreme Court records. They faced fines.

VIRGINIA BEACH A water sample taken during routine testing found E. coli bacteria in a single sample taken near the intersection of Rosemont Road and South Plaza Trail, the city announced in a news release this morning.

Philanthropist Jane Batten has pledged $1.5 million for a new sailing center being developed by Nauticus, a gift that could help boost efforts to support the cash-strapped Schooner Virginia.

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. Zack Marzec hovered above sand dunes, becoming a neon-shaded wing against a cloud-speckled sky. Beachgoers gazed upward as he floated, wind rippling their clothing. It seemed almost effortless. Marzec gripped a silver bar and moved it when the wind nudged him. "He's so relaxed," fellow glider David Fynn said.

WILLIAMSBURG
Gerta and Gunter have a secret.
The German guides introduce themselves on video screens as you wait in line for Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s newest roller coaster, Verbolten, which has its grand opening this weekend.

OUTER BANKS, N.C. The first thing David Miller did when he heard that Dare County had voted down Amendment 1 opposing gay marriage was head to Facebook.

HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C.
The first piping plover nest of the season has hatched at Cape Point, closing three miles of the area - popular with surf anglers - to vehicles and pedestrians.

EDENTON, N.C. Edenton has aged well. Incorporated in 1722, the town's main business district is as active as it was when colonial sailing vessels crowded the bay with cargos of local goods bound for New England and the West Indies.

By David Macaulay
Correspondent
VIRGINIA BEACH
For a state park of more than 4,300 acres in Virginia's most-populated city, False Cape State Park retains a remarkable degree of seclusion for the feral pigs, egrets and venomous cottonmouth snakes that live there.