ShareRoseland Nelson County, Virginia Thank goodness it’s not later this week people took to the road to run in the Devils Playground 5 & 10K held this past Sunday morning. By late this week we’re talking temps near 100° rather than the cooler 70′s and 80′s they got to run in. The event is just [...]
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia It was a perfect afternoon to sit back with your favorite Cardinal Point wine and take in some of the music as part of their Tins For Tunes summer music series. The annual event runs throughout the summer months and helps raise food for the needy. Admission is $10 for adults [...]
ShareRoseland / Beech Grove Nelson County, Virginia The 2011 Wintergreen Performing Arts’ Summer Music Festival is in full swing with all sorts of performances and events taking place at Wintergreen Resort and other spots in the county. This past Saturday morning NCL’s Mountain Photographer, Paul Purpura caught up with the Stoney Creek Quartet playing at [...]
ShareNellysford Nelson County, Virginia With much anticipation, progress is moving along on Wild Wolf Brewing Company’s soon to be new home. They recently closed on the purchase of the old Rockfish School just south of the post office in Nellysford on Route 151. The property has been a variety of businesses since the original school [...]
ShareLovingston Nelson County, Virginia 21 year old Austin Griffin will never leave prison, so says a judge that sentenced him to 3 consecutive life sentences for the May 2009 murder of Opal Page of Afton, Virginia. In a plea agreement Thursday morning in Nelson County Court, Griffin plead guilty to first degree murder, robbery, and [...]
Share BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Present: Mr. Joe Dan Johnson, Mr. Tommy Bruguiere, Mr. Allen Hale, Ms. Connie Brennan and Mr. Tommy Harvey PUBLIC COMMENT: Dr. Roger Collins, Superintendent, Nelson County Schools, reported that the school system expects to be fully accredited for the seventh year in a row. He noted the [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia It was one hot day on Tuesday. Officially we hit the century mark here at NCL at 5:22 PM. But as you can see in the image capture above the heat index was much higher than that earlier in the day around 3PM. 117°! WOW! That’s because we had dewpoints in the [...]
ShareStudio City, California Today marks 88 years that Nelson’s native son, Earl Hamner has been on this earth. Ironically it’s the wedding anniversary of Tommy & Yvette Stafford too! A great day! Earl Hamner, Jr. was born on July 10, 1923 in Schuyler, Virginia. Earl is best known for creating the long running series, The [...]
ShareNear Nellysford Nelson County, Virginia Summer can be very hot in Virginia, but it also makes for some of the most beautiful scenes too. Ann Strober captured this shot on Saturday of fog settling over the Rockfish Valley near Nellysford, Virginia. Tweet This Post
ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia The 2011 Wintergreen Performing Arts Summer Music Festival is underway! It officially started on July 6th, but the opening reception and Events Fair Kick-Off started this past Friday night. The evening also included Classics I Concert featuring Wintergreen Festival Orchestra with Larry Alan Smith, guest conductor and Gaetano Di Bacco, [...]
