ShareLovingston Nelson County, Virginia It’s been a very tough year for Nelson County High Govs football. This past Friday night the Govs lost another game to Dan River High by a score of 20-41. This puts the NCHS Govs season record at 0-6. In spite of Friday’s night’s loss, the alhletic department at NCHS got [...]
ShareLake Monacan/Nellysford Nelson County, Virginia First, take a look at these fabulous photos by Paul Purpura. Wow! There’s two things Paul shoots really well, sports and still life photos like the ones in this post! Nice job Paul! After a very warm start to the week (90° as recently as Tuesday) we settle back into [...]
ShareRoseland / Beech Grove Nelson County, Virginia The weekend long Festy got underway with some preliminary events kicking off Friday night and continuing until late Sunday night – October 10th. NCL Photographer, Hayley Osborne, made this year’s festival and captured some of the the sights from the two day camping / music event. Trees on [...]
ShareLovingston Nelson County, Virginia Not a good night for the Nelson County High Governors. Madison County won the evening easily by a score of 56-27. So far the firts two games of the season haven’t been kind to The Govs. In their first game of the season last week against the Riverheads, they lost by [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia We’ll have one more hot day today, then things cool back down again for the next several. Some people will make the 90° mark then we are talking upper 70′s and lower 80′s for afternoon highs during the remainder of the extended outlook. There’s even a slight chance of a stray thunderstorm [...]
ShareBlue Ridge Parkway What a beautiful weekend it’s been! This post goes in the just because we can file. Our Paul Purpura grabbed this stunning photo Sunday afternoon along the Blue Ridge Parkway at Raven’s Roost Overlook. Once the clouds from Hurricane Earl cleared out Friday night, we have been left with severe clear skies [...]
ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia It’s been weeks since we’ve seen snow in the valley portions of Nelson, but not up at Wintergreen Resort! There’s still snow on the slopes, though it is admittedly on its way out. Our Paul Paul Purpura was on hand again for several years in a row at the annual [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia After readings touching 80° yesterday, much cooler temps are on the way for the coming week as September winds up and October begins on Thursday. A brief thundershower Monday dropped .04 inches of rain here at our flagship NCL-Nelson County Life Weatheret Station in the Rockfish Valley, while NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation up at [...]
ShareRoseland/Beech Grove Nelson County, Virginia Devils Backbone Challenge 2009 is in the history books and the first event is a total success! The parking lot of Devils Backbone Brewing Company was packed Saturday morning as bikers from all over the region participated in the inaugural event at the Nelson County microbrewery. Nelson County Life Magazine [...]
ShareNellysford Nelson County, Virginia If you have been reading Nelson County Life’s printed edition or this web edition for any length of time, you’ve certainly seen the work of Paul Purpura over the years. Paul handles most everything at Wintergreen, but occasionally slips down to the valley and grabs shots as well. One of his [...]
