ShareGreenfield Nelson County, Virginia Three years ago today we broke the news here on our NCL web version about a new Nelson County Life. Enter Adam Stafford! Since then Adam has become a fixture here in our home and yours. We have thousands of you telling us how much you enjoy reading page five each [...]
ShareColleen Nelson County, Virginia Thanks to some quick thinkers a car fire ended up being just a car fire and not something bigger. A vehicle caught on fire at Colleen Exxon Monday afternoon and quickly became a big inferno. Some bystanders pulled the vehicle away from the gas pumps limiting the chances of it spreading. [...]
Share Massies Mill / Tyro Nelson County, Virginia Updated: 3:04 EDT: Nelson Sheriff David Brooks says he’s now confident the gunshot would this morning was self inflicted. “Information and evidence we gathered at this person’s home leads us to believe it was a self inflicted gunshot wound.” (earlier post) Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks says [...]
ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia You know those crisp fall nights and frost can’t be far away when Wintergreen Performing Arts holds its annual Oktoberfest on the mountain. Our NCL Mountain Photographer, Paul Purpura, has made several of these over the years and was back for 2011 this past weekend. See you next year! Tweet [...]
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia It was farewell to Afton After Hours this past Saturday night over at Afton Mountain Vineyards. The Kings of Belmont closed out the season under the just finished pavilion at AMV. We told you about the pavilion construction here back in August. Afton After Hours will be back in 2012. See [...]
ShareRoseland Nelson County, Virginia Blue Ridge Medical Center got a nice surprise this week when Devils Backbone Brewing & The Festy’s Justin Billcheck presented a check for over $1700.00 to the program. “We realize the importance of giving back and helping within the county we live and work in,” said Heidi Crandall , Marketing Director [...]
ShareWingina/Cabell Road Nelson County, Virginia Train traffic is back to normal Thursday morning after a truck driving beside the tracks was hit around 6:30 AM. “We got the call about 6:38 AM for a train versus car accident off Cabell Road between Warminster and Fish Pond,” Wintergreen Fire & Rescue Chief Curtis Sheets told NCL. [...]
ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia Years ago Wintergreen Fire Chief Curtis Sheets knew there was a looming problem with increased fire potential for people living on a mountain with heavily wooded areas nearby. “Over the last few years we have worked hard to become a safer Firewise Community. Some of the efforts have been assisted [...]
ShareCharlottesville Albemarle County, Virginia Via Local Food Hub Press Release Last week on September 15th The Local Food Hub in Charlottesville announced the winners of the 2011 Community Food Awards at an event co-sponsored by the VA Department Of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the City Of Charlotesville, and Albemarle & Nelson Counties. “A Celebration of [...]
ShareWintergreen Nelson County, Virginia NCL Mountain Photographer, Paul Purpura, perfectly captured the weather here in Nelson this past Monday. If you live or visit Wintergreen, you have been seeing lots of clouds. Up in the mountains above 2000 feet it’s been one cloudy mess. Look or that trend to continue this week with sunshine returning [...]
