Author: Mike Tripp
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Mike Tripp, Contributor
Mike Tripp is a freelance reporter based in Staunton. He has worked as as a photojournalist in the Shenandoah Valley for more than 25 years.
Starting as a freelance photographer with the News Gazette in Lexington, Tripp’s first staff position was with the Staunton News Leader back in the ’90s. He later worked as a photographer with the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg before moving back to the News Leader where he was Chief of Photography and Multimedia for more than 15 years.
In 2019, he struck out on his own and started his own business, Mike Tripp Media LLC, which specializes in the art of storytelling through images and multimedia. Tripp is a huge fan of Star Trek and science fiction, and he’s something of a history nut. He “commands” the U.S.S. Maelstrom — a local chapter of an international Star Trek club named Fleet 31.
Hoop dreams
Growing up in the Dominican Republic, Anderson Ramos Rodriguez was yet another NBA fan who idolized LeBron James and dreamed of playing basketball himself.
“I’ve wanted to play my whole life,” says Rodriguez, now 18. “That’s what I love.”
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Westover Park’s newest summer attraction debuts with a splash
On this early summer evening, a wave of kids crashes across the new splash pad at Westover Park. They’d been forced to wait through the usual adults stuff – talking, more talking, photo ops, more talking – but now, with the ceremonial ribbon finally cut, they are turned loose.
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Tree planting marks 150th anniversary of Newtown Cemetery
On Saturday, a tree-planting ceremony marked the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Newtown Cemetery. Nearly 1,000 people are buried at the property, purchased in 1869 by a group of trustees wanting to establish a cemetery open to “all persons of color.”
