Share Roanoke, Virginia The US Attorney’s Office headquartered in Roanoke announced today that Ralph Leon Jackson has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the premeditated murder of Timothy Phillip Davis, a Charlottesville, VA radio DJ. NCL first broke the story to readers as it was unfolding back April of this year. Jackson was [...]
ShareNellysford Nelson County, Virginia Popular father daughter duo, Pet & Lindsey Osborne will be playing for a special Thursday night Local Harvest Dinner at Basic Necessities this coming Thursday – November 11, 2010. Seating begins at 5:45PM and again at 7:30PM. We’ve told you about Lindsey in this past. “I grew-up in Nelson and my [...]
ShareOak Ridge Estate / Arrington Nelson County, Virginia Each fall the rolling hills at Oak Ridge Estate come alive with an annual tradition. This past weekend (November 7, 2010) The Oak Ridge Fox Hunt Club held their opening hunt. A tradition that spans decades and decades here in Central Virginia. According to the ORFHC website: [...]
ShareNellysford Nelson County, Virginia Crews took advantage of the beautiful Monday weather to add new roof signs to some of the businesses in the Valley Green Shopping Center in Nellysford. In the shot above a pizza sign was being added to the roof above Chiros Pizza. Was a great day to be working outside! Tweet [...]
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia Ed Funke, co-owner over at MountainSide Petting Farm in Afton emailed us this weekend to let us know someone stole their 10 foot vertical banner flag that says OPEN. It’s usually placed right at the entrance. “I’d love to get it returned; we order these in from California and they are [...]
Share Nellysford Nelson County, Virginia Thanks to Ann Strober for sending these pics our way. The weather was very fall like over the weekend, but it will be almost like spring for much of the coming week! Tweet This Post
Share Love, Nelson County, Virginia Local author and Backroads Magazine legend, Lynn Coffey has done it again. She just released her second book called Backroads 2 – The Road To Chicken Holler. “I’m just thrilled to be releasing this second book,” Lynn tells us. Her first book Backroads, Plain Folks& Simple Livin’ was released in [...]
Share Devils Knob Nelson County, Virginia People in the higher elevations of Nelson County, Virginia at places like Wintergreen Resort awoke to a light dusting of snow Saturday morning. By no means was it anything to write home over, but a sure reminder that winter is bearing down. But not before a pretty decent warm [...]
ShareKia Scherr, whose husband, Alan Scherr, and daughter, Naomi, were among the 174 people killed in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, has a meeting set with President Obama Saturday as part of his three-day visit to India. Kia has been in Mumbai since late September preparing for a November 26 event commemorating the attack’s [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia Sadly the time has come, that is if you like those carefree long summer days! Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend. It officially ends at 2AM Sunday morning (November 7, 2010). But for those of us that turn in at a reasonable hour, it’s best to set your clock back one hour [...]
