ShareNelson County, Virginia Calling all Snowvivors! Don’t miss the inaugural event for the Nelson County Snowpocalypse Support Group. Come out and say goodbye to the Winter of 2010 and celebrate the first day of Spring. Music by Nelson’s own local talent featuring HoBoJac with special guests Mississippi Conjure. We’ll toast the Vernal Equinox which occurs [...]
ShareAfton/Roseland Nelson County, Virginia The weather was perfect and many local wineries and breweries were busy now getting ready for the summer season ahead. St. Patrick’s Day was spent in proper style bottling over a thousand cases of wine at Cardinal Point in Afton. “This is all 2009 vintage, so everything is harvested this past [...]
ShareBlue Ridge Parkway Nelson County, Virginia For the first time in months, all of The Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia is now open. The December 19th blizzard shut the parkway down for weeks. It briefly opened for a few days then another series of storms kept it closed in Nelson until Tuesday of this week [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia Just one more day, then things really do improve nicely! A stubborn area of low pressure way off to our east is finally releasing its grip which means skies will slowly begin clearing, especially later in the day Tuesday. We may start off with clouds, but the trend will be partly cloudy [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia Just a quick reminder that Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday at 2AM, officially. But it’s best to move your clock forward one hour before turning in Saturday night. Then it’s good to go the next morning! Not to worry, you’ll get that hour back in the fall later this year! Meanwhile [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia ! CANCELED – CANCELED – CANCELED ! Flood Watch / Flood Statement Statement as of 1:44 PM EST on March 13, 2010 …Flood Watch is cancelled… The Flood Watch for portions of Virginia and northeast West Virginia has been cancelled. Additional rainfall amounts are expected to be light…and the threat for flooding [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia For the first time this year temps reached 70° or greater this week. A sign that spring is on the way after a record breaking winter for snowfall. Though most of the snow has already melted in the valley portions of Nelson County, in the mountains it’s a different story. Feet and [...]
Share Roseland / Wintergreen Nelson County, Virginia In just a few weeks Wintergreen Winery will showcase its latest addition to the public, The Verandah. The large event facility was built to accommodate special events, weddings, rehearsals, parties etc. On Tuesday, Wintergreen’s Winery took advantage of the beautiful weather and had friends of the winery along [...]
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia Temps made it to the middle 60′s Monday afternoon in the Rockfish Valley of Nelson County, and people that have been waiting on the warmer weather made use of it! Our Paul Purpura caught up with Stan Driver, owner of Riverside Horticulture & Nursery in Nellysford, getting the ground ready and [...]
ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia For the 15th year in a row folks have dressed up in their best Mardi Gras outfits and headed to the slopes at Wintergreen Resort. It’s all part of an annual fundraiser put on by Wintergreen Adaptive Skiing, a division of Wintergreen Adaptive Sports. According to WAS: “This special event [...]
