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The 2nd annual Brerw Ridge Trail Music Festival will kicks off Saturday - August 21st on the grounds at Devils Backbone Brewing. Click on image to see performance details.

Brew Ridge Trail Music Fest : WIN FREE TICKETS! – WINNER!

[ 0 ] August 9, 2010

ShareRoseland/Beech Grove Nelson County, Virginia Updated @ 2:30 PM Congrats to Jennifer Fitzgerald of Arrington! She picked up a pair of tickets to the BRTMF on August 21st! Be watching for our next giveaway later this week on Friday! Congrats again to Jennifer! Earlier Post It’s just days away! The 2nd annual Brew Ridge Trail [...]

Photo By John Taylor : Guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen, internationally renowned conductor, leads the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra during a rehearsal session this past weekend at Wintergreen.

WPA Summer Music Festival Heads Into Final Week Of Season : 7.28.10

[ 0 ] July 28, 2010

ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia Just a few more days and the 2010 Summer Music Festival put on by Wintergreen Performing Arts will be in the history books. But, not before several more days of events. The 2010 festival has been one of the best ever! The summer series wraps up this coming Sunday, August [...]

©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : The newest nTelos antenna can be seen off in the distance just above the tree line over the west entrance rooftop at Devils Backbone in Beech Grove. Click to enlarge.

nTelos Nears Completion Of New Beech Grove Site : 7.27.10

[ 2 ] July 27, 2010

ShareBeech Grove/Roseland For several weeks now crews have been working to complete the latest addition to the nTelos Wireless network in Nelson County. The latest site in Beech Grove near the intersection of 664 & 151 should be completed and active soon. nTelos has been on an aggressive plan to add additional sites to the [...]

Photo By Sarah Leake : ©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Nelson native and musician, Sally Rose, made her television debut this past Monday morning on CBS-6 in Richmond. Click to enlarge.

Nelson Musician Makes Television Debut In Richmond : 7.19.10

[ 0 ] July 20, 2010

ShareNelson County, Virginia Just about anyone that’s dropped in Basic Necessities on a Friday night has met Sally Rose. But many don’t know about her musical side. At age 8 Sally started writing songs and around age 11 taught herself to play the guitar. Not long ago she was filling in for Pete Osborne who [...]

Photo By Tommy Stafford : ©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Thunderstorms begin developing Sunday afternoon over the Bllue Ridge Parkway in Nelson County, Virginia

Hot & Humid Weather Continues With Scattered PM Thunderstorms : 7.19.10

[ 1 ] July 19, 2010

ShareNelson County, Virginia The string of hot weather will continue for most of this week right into the extended outlook. Though we may be talking upper 80′s to lower 90′s instead of blistering mid and upper 90′s. The humidity will hang in there, in particular on Monday until a series of expected thunderstorm development will [...]

Local Author and Backroad Magazine Founder, Lynn Coffey of Love, VA, is asking for your help in locating all of the old issues of the magazine in publication from 1981 until 2006.

Local Author Asks For Help In Finding Old Issues Of Backroads : 7.13.10

[ 0 ] July 13, 2010

ShareLove Nelson County, VA If you are from Nelson County or ever traveled through it, chances are you have heard of Lynn Coffey and her Backroads Magazine. We told you about her donation of all 25 years worth of the magazines to the Oakland Museum of History in this post. Lynn is still looking for [...]

Photos By Kim Chappell : ©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : People packed the grounds at Veritas this past Saturday evening for the second Starry Nights of the summer season. Click photos to enlarge.

Starry Nights @ Veritas : 7.12.10

[ 0 ] July 12, 2010

ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia Late Saturday evenings in Nelson generally mean Starry Nights over at Veritas Winery and Vineyard. The event is held one Saturday a month throughout the warm months. This past weekend The Abbey Road Band played to over a thousand people at Starry Nights. Thanks to Kim Chappell over at www.experiencenelsoncounty.com for [...]

©2010 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Cars narrow to one lane on 151 in Greenfield passing a sign (lower left) marking the spot where 48 year old Laura Cavedo and her two daughters were killed in August of 2007.

Improvements Begin On Route 151 – Triple Fatality Intersection 7.8.10

[ 0 ] July 8, 2010

ShareGreenfield Nelson County, Virginia Three years ago this August 30th, Laura Cavedo and her two daughters, Elschen and Iliana, were killed at the intersection of Route 151 and Greenfield Road (635) while waiting to make a left hand turn. The three were going back and forth to Crozet, moving things into their new home from [...]

The high temp at our NCL-Devils Backbone Weather Station reached 103° at 4:27 PM Tuesday afternoon.

A Very Hot Tuesday 103° : Hot Again Today Then Some Relief : 7.7.10

[ 1 ] July 7, 2010

ShareRoseland Nelson County, Virginia Yes, it was hot Tuesday. Very hot! But it’s summer, so it’s sort of the thing that happens this time of year. But the 100+ temps aren’t a frequent visitor in the summer season here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. None the less our NCL-Devils Backbone weather station hit 103° at [...]

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