August 29, 2010
ShareThe Atlantic For the first time this hurricane season a storm has the potential to at least head in the general direction of the eastern seaboard. By no means does Hurricane Earl pose any sort of immediate threat to the Eastern U.S. But it’s the first storm that has a possible projected path toward that [...]
August 26, 2010
ShareNelson County, Virginia After a pretty good stretch of rainy weather, the next 7 days have nothing but sunshine on the horizon. Wednesday was a day of transition, we had some rain, some sun. Thursday will become mostly sunny as we work through the afternoon hours, with the rest of the extended outlook nothing but [...]
August 25, 2010
ShareNelson County, Virginia Everyone agreed, we needed the rain, just not all at once! Lots of heavy rain fell on most of Nelson County during the mid-morning hours Tuesday. Flash Flood Warnings were in effect for much of the morning and early afternoon for Nelson County. Here at NCL in Greenfield we picked up a [...]
August 24, 2010
ShareNelson County, Virginia FLASH FLOOD WARNING FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1108 AM EDT TUE AUG 24 2010 …A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN AUGUSTA…CITY OF WAYNESBORO AND NORTHWESTERN NELSON COUNTIES… AT 1100 AM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING [...]
August 23, 2010
Share Massies Mill Crabtree Falls Nelson County, Virginia Updated 8:35 AM EDT 8.24.10 Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks confirms to NCL that the identity of the man killed today at Crabtree Falls is Charles Shillito, age 61, of Richmond, Virginia. His 62nd birthday would have been tomorrow on August 24th. Sheriff Brooks said Mr. Shillito [...]
August 23, 2010
ShareNelson County, Virginia If you didn’t have a good time this past weekend in Nelson it’s your own fault! As summer is heading toward its end, lots of festivals kick off as we get closer to fall. The fun began Friday evening at Wintergreen Winery’s luna-see. It’s one of the first evening events launched at [...]
August 22, 2010
ShareRoseland Nelson County, Virginia By all accounts the 2nd Annual Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival was a success. The event was held this past Saturday on the on the grounds at Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Roseland, Beech Grove, to the locals! Our Hayley Osborne was in the thick of it to capture some of [...]
August 22, 2010
ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia For five years running the Blue Ridge Mountain Music Festival has been packing people into the Evans Center at Wintergreen Resort where they get to hear some of the finest mountain and bluegrass music around. The 2010 event didn’t leave anyone disappointed. It’s put on annually by Wintergreen Performing Arts. [...]
August 22, 2010
ShareNellysford/Beech Grove Nelson County, Virginia It was a total night of luna-see as the week was winding down heading into the weekend. Wintergreen Winery held the first of what’s rumored to be more events like this in the future. The night to dance by the light of the moon was held at The Verandah, the [...]
August 20, 2010
ShareTyro Nelson County, Virginia If you don’t know the name Joel Salatin by now, you should. Joel is considered the foremost expert on non-industrial food production. He and his family started Polyface Farm back in 1961. Rather than using highly industrialized methods to bring the old farm back into shape, Joel ignored conventional wisdom and [...]