SharePhotography By Paul Purpura Snowflakes? Yep, sure enough! You have to look really, really hard, but throughout early afternoon Monday, a band of light snow flurries has been moving over the Blue Ridge Parkway and Wintergreen Mountain. There was a very light dusting on the decks and walkways headed into the condos there. Obviously this [...]
ShareColder weather continues to move into Virginia Monday as a mainly dry cold front works through the area. Clouds are prevalent east of the Blue Ridge with breezy northwesterly winds and very cool, almost cold temps. Light snow flurries may be seen along the BRP as mountain temperatures from the low to upper 30′s have [...]
ShareArrington, Virginia This past Saturday kids and adults had the chance to Make A Difference at Tye River Elementary School. It was a day for Nelson County to see how it cares for it’s children and how the children care for others. Though it rained and the activities had to be moved inside, it was [...]
ShareAfton, Virginia As we told you last week, members of UVa’s Alpha Phi Omega – The University’s only coed service fraternity – began work on the old Rockfish School building as part of its community service project. Though it rained nearly 2 inches during the first part Saturday, about 100 volunteers from APO showed up [...]
ShareImages Courtesy Trafficland.com UPDATED: 7:00 PM EDT There are more details on today’s accident over at NBC29.com here. UPDATED 3:45 PM EDT All lanes are open and traffic is normally flowing now. Afton Mountain, Virginia Authorities are working a very serious accident involving a semi and a passenger car on I-64 just west of exit [...]
Share Lovingston, Virginia The rainy skies made for a pretty somber night as NCHS’s Governors lost to The William Campbell High School Generals by a score of 42-0 here in Lovingston, Virginia. In spite of of a an enthusiastic crowd, and some really hard work on the part of the Governors, it just wasn’t enough [...]
ShareAfter a long trip across the sea from Turkey into Norfolk, much of the equipment that will be used at Nelson’s first ever scotch distillery arrived by truck Thursday. “This is a major part of the pots, piping and other gear that will eventually be installed at the distillery,” says Chris. The distillery is currently [...]
ShareAs we first told you here a few weeks ago, “Dr. Bob” Raynor is officially calling it quits after a half century as a Nelson County doctor at Afton Family Medicine (A division of Martha Jefferson Hospital) Thursday night a reception was held in his Afton office honoring 50 years of service as he enters [...]
ShareWINTERGREEN, Va., Oct. 23, 2008 Wintergreen Resort has tapped a 25-year veteran of the destination resort and recreation industry as its next general manager. Hank Thiess, most recently president/general manager of Durango Mountain Resort in Durango, Colo., joins Wintergreen Resort, which is located high atop Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains and touted as one of the [...]
ShareUPDATE: 10.23.08 6:03 PM EDT We’re all complete! By now everyone should be landing here on the new server (Thanks Tim!) and you should be seeing an improvement in your speed and browsing experience. Lot’s to update and catchup on so, thanks for being patient while we have been working. Gotta get to work on [...]
