ShareGreenfield Nelson County, Virginia Every once in awhile you get lucky when taking a picture. We did just that Sunday night as the moon was just starting to come up over NCL here in the Rockfish Valley. I was actually heading out to grab some more firewood and noticed the spectacular moon rising over the [...]
ShareGreenfield Nelson County, Virginia Nine people lost their home in a Sunday evening fire that totally destroyed their mobile home on Paloma Farm Lane near Greenfield outside of Afton. Numerous fire departments responded to the blaze which took about an hour to get under control. The American Red Cross is assisting the family. More coverage [...]
ShareGreenfield / Afton Nelson County, Virginia About a week and a half ago NCL’s orange tabby cat, Angelo, didn’t show that Tuesday morning May 26th, for his breakfast. Not totally unusual as Angelo is an indoor / outdoor cat with his own mind. He’s left before maybe for a day, but always returned. This time [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia One day after 5 to 7 inches of rain poured off of the mountains in Western Nelson County, some roads either remain closed or damaged from intense flooding that hit Saturday afternoon. Nelson County Life followed the story minute by minute in pictures as it unfolded in this original breaking post. Tommy [...]
ShareIntense rains that began Saturday morning ad rescue crews busy in the afternoon as homeowners and motorists are coped with rising flash flood waters. The intersection of Routes 250 and 151 in the Albemarle County side of Afton was the scene of a Rockfish Valley Fire Dept. rescue of a family trapped in their house [...]
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia As we were preparing a calendar / story on this topic Monday evening. We received the following correspondence from www.ruralnelson.org who was coordinating the planned community meeting this Wednesday at RVCC: COMPOSTING FACILITY MEETING CANCELED FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2ND Comments from Mr. Walter below: After spending the better part of February [...]
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 [...]
ShareLovingston Nelson County, Virginia Austin Griffin & Christopher Meeks have been officially indicted on the charge of capital murder for the May 6, 2009 killing of retired teacher’s aid, Opal Page. The grand jury heard evidence Tuesday morning and handed down what’s called the true bill or indictment. “Ironically, Meeks was in a Nelson court [...]
ShareLovingston Nelson County, Virginia 5:45 PM EDT After an afternoon in court, both Griffin and Meeks were bound over to the May 25th meeting of the grand jury where evidence will be presented for an indictment. If the indictment or true bill, as it sometimes referred to, is returned, the two will then begin the [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia What a day! Just a month after a 2 foot snowstorm, people all across Nelson have been dealing with massive flooding. If you weren’t directly affected by it, chances are you had to take a detour because of it. At 3:30 PM here’s a listing of the roads Nelson County Sheriff, David [...]
