ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia For her 70th birthday, Sandy Gallagher of Afton decided she needed a special present to herself. “When I turned 70 a couple of weeks ago, I said I needed to do something to challenge myself, physically & mentally.” Sandy told us Thursday afternoon as she finished the final mile of the [...]
SharePLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Present: Ms. Philippa Proulx, Ms. Emily Hunt, Mr. Mike Tapager, Ms. Linda Russell and Mr. Tommy Bruguiere (Board Liaison) – Absent: Mr. Mike Harman CLASS II COMMUNICATION TOWER/AT&T – The applicant has applied for a permit to construct a 95-foot steel painted pole and associated equipment with a requested [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia The 2009 hurricane season has been a quiet one thus far and it looks to stay that way in the immediate future. However, A North Atlantic Storm named Danny, (a tropical storm as of late Wednesday night) may affect Nelson County by the weekend. The track and strength of Danny is very [...]
ShareNelson & Albemarle County, Virginia This past weekend’s Blue Ridge Trail Music Festival was a complete success, but after the festival comes the cleanup! And a festival with over 1000 people creates lots of trash. The organizers of the event, Cerberus Productions, in conjunction with www.myrecyclingclub.com in Albemarle County made sure as much of the [...]
ShareNellysford Nelson County, Virginia You’ve, many times, seen Ann Strober’s photography here in the morning on our weather page. Recently, Ann had the opportunity to put some of her best photo on display at Stoney Creek Bar & Grill in the valley at Wintergreen Resort. Congrats Ann! Everyone drop by and take a peek if [...]
Share Nelson County, Virginia As of Monday morning, Bill is now a hurricane and is moving into the Atlantic off of the eastern seaboard. Still too far out to know the exact track, it does appear in most models Bill will eventually track north. One model has it tracking more south toward the U.S. mainland. [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia Off the top, thanks to Ann Strober for the nice shot of thunderstorms this week over the mountains here in Nelson County, Virginia. Ann always sends in some nice weather photos and other terrific shots for the past couple of years. You can see some of the past shots here and here. [...]
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia It took three tries and several months, but 16 year old Chris Hodge of Nelson County, Virginia – with some help from his brothers and cousin, Ben Samuels, succeeded. This past weekend they finished their replica ferris wheel in the gym at The Rockfish Valley Community Center in Afton. “It took [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia *CANCELLED * CANCELLED * CANCELLED * CANCELLED * URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 625 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 210 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DELAWARE MUCH OF MARYLAND [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia A big thanks to Ann Strober of Nellysford for today’s weather photo of this beautiful sunset over the Blue Ridge earlier this week. After a bit of a reprieve from the rain showers and thunderstorms, chances for the scattered variety are back in the forecast this afternoon. Better chances for storms occur [...]
