ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia After 9 grueling miles and 27 unforgiving obstacles that started out on a 33° morning in the mountains at Wintergreen Resort, Team Nelson (TN) conquered! This past Saturday morning TN was in the first flight to hit the course at 8AM sharp. To say we are proud wouldn’t even touch [...]
ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia Team Nelson did it! They completed a grueling 9 mile course with 27 obstacles at Wintergreen Resort Saturday morning. Temps were hovering around 35° as the team took off across the resort. This is a very preliminary post with many more pictures to follow later this weekend. But we wanted [...]
ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia It’s here. Tough Mudder, Virginia is happening this weekend at Wintergreen Resort. Yes, you read the caption in Paul’s picture above correctly. 14,000 plus participants will compete in the two day event that runs through Sunday afternoon. That figure does not include friends, spectators, etc. NCL Publisher, Yvette Stafford, coordinated [...]
ShareLovingston Nelson County, Virginia Updated 1.5.12 @ 5:40 PM Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks confirms to NCL that Joshua Lee Hatter, once a deputy with the Nelson County Sheriff’s Department, was sentenced in a Nelson Domestic Court Thursday morning on misdemeanor charges and was bound over to the grand jury on two other felony charges. [...]
ShareColleen Nelson County, Virginia Blue Mountain Brewery, Nelson’s first microbrewery established back in October of 2007 is expanding once again. This is just weeks after opening their new addition to the existing brewery and restaurant in Afton. It roughly doubled in size with the expansion. Blue Mountain Barrel House and Organic Brewery is a 10,000 [...]
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia It’s officially official now. Though The Blue Toad had been open now since mid-summer, the official grand opening and ribbon cutting took place this past weekend at Todd Rath’s pub and restaurant in Afton, Virginia. Though outside pickup window has gone away until warmer days return, the inside pub is ready [...]
ShareNellysford Nelson County, Virginia The weather was perfect earlier in the week for the annual Skyline Shootout held at the Stoney Creek Golf Course. We first told you about the fountain that was put in place back in 2008. That’s what inspired the annual tournament. Dedication ceremony here. Not to worry, golfing weather will return [...]
ShareBlue Ridge Parkway Nelson / Augusta County, Virginia In the just because we like it column, here’s a beauty of a shot Ann Strober grabbed up on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Ravens Roost (elevation 3200′) in the past day or so. Look at the tremendous fall colors and the beautiful shot! Fall colors in [...]
ShareNellysford Nelson County, Virginia Within a matter of days Wild Wolf Brewing Company will begin brewing beer at their new and permanent home in Nellysford, Virginia. This past week Danny Wolf, the brewmaster, at WW was busy getting everything ready to start production. Wild Wolf has been on an aggressive fast track construction and remodeling [...]
ShareRoseland/Wintergreen Nelson County, Virginia Just 2-3 days remain before Tough Mudder, VA gets underway on Saturday at Wintergreen Resort. Traffic signs started going up Tuesday in the vicinity of Route 664. That’s the state highway heading up to Wintergreen. Tough Mudder has leased pieces of property at the base of the mountain to accomodate the [...]
