ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia Thanks to some funds from the Nelson County School Board, Rockfish River Elementary School has a couple of pretty neat additions to the playground in Afton. This week crews have been installing a new rock climbing wall along with a new swing set. Additional upgrades are planned to the playground throughout [...]
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia Mother Nature cooperated perfectly this year for the Annual Hop Picking Day at Blue Mountain Brewery. “This is our 4th year of harvesting and we decided to open it up to the public. We gave away a free sandwich and a side for everyone that came by and helped us out. [...]
Share Wintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia For about a month and more than 300 events, people have enjoyed the 2010 Wintergreen Performing Arts Summer Music Festival. The event came to an end for the season this past Sunday evening. Guest conductor Josep Caballe-Domenech and world famous violinist James Buswell were part of Saturday night’s performance. [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia They didn’t last long, but they sure packed a punch! A rapidly moving line of severe thunderstorms marched through the northern most portion of Nelson County Thursday afternoon. Much of Central Virginia was under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for most of the afternoon. As the storms moved east into the Schuyler area, [...]
Share Greenfield/Afton Nelson County, Virginia Road construction continues along Route 151 in Greenfield at the 151 / 635 intersection. As we told you a few days ago, here, crews are making improvements to the intersection after a triple fatality occurred there in August 2007. VDOT’s 511 site says delays can be expected until mid-September. Tweet [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
ShareRoseland Nelson County, Virginia A little over a year ago we told you about the opening of The Java Depot. Sadly today, we tell you about it’s closing. Owners Richard Boyd and Nancy Kern are calling it quits. The old reassembled Arrington Depot has housed two breakfast style restaurants to date. Sparrows Cafe was the [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 534/535 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 418 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 2010 MDC003-009-017-033-037-VAC003-099-125-137-177-179-540-630-260000- /O.CON.KLWX.SV.A.0535.000000T0000Z-100726T0000Z/ SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 535 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND ANNE ARUNDEL PRINCE GEORGES IN [...]
Share Afton/Greenfield Nelson County, Virginia In spite of a 102° high temperature Saturday afternoon, the 1st Annual Hope’s Legacy Rescue Fun Show was a complete success. We told you about the new project in our July issue of Nelson County Life, page 22. Hunter classes began at 9:00 a.m. and games throughout the afternoon/ Classes [...]
