ShareLowesville Near the Nelson/Amherst County, VA Line For the 3rd year in a row people from all over turned out for the 3 mile, yes 3 miles, yard sale in Lowesville. East Nelson Photographer, Victoria Mininger, was there last year and headed on over to grab some shots of the day. The Saturday event included [...]
Share Special to Nelson County Life By Paul Saunders The country life of the 40s is almost completely gone. Much of of smaller farms where many households made their living with hard working folks and they made it because they were frugal in for tobacco, their money crop. These folks had just survived the eat [...]
SharePiney River Nelson County, Virginia Updated: 4.29.11 – 2PM EDT Nelson County Sheriff, David Brooks tells NCL that Willie McCoy Thacker was taken into custody early Friday afternoon without incident. He was found in a hotel room in Madison Heights, Virginia. “The weapon was located around noon, and he was found s short time later,” [...]
SharePiney River Nelson County, Virginia If you ever wondered what farming looked liked decades ago, even back to the 1800′s you still have the chance! Saunders Brothers in Piney River is showing off a display of early Americana farm equipment through August 14th. The event has been designated by the Blue Ridge Parkway as an [...]
SharePiney River Nelson County, Virginia As the days march toward summer more and more farm markets open up for the season. This past weekend Saunders Brothers Farm Market opened. The weather was perfect, a bit windy, but otherwise great! We start this week a bit cool, even some scattered frost overnight in places. We dropped [...]
ShareNelson County, Virginia There is light at the end of the tunnel soon, and it’s the sun! The unending rain will actually be coming to an end by Friday night into Saturday. We’ll begin to see improvement as the day wears on Friday into the nighttime hours. The coverage and intensity will be much less [...]
SharePiney River Nelson County, Virginia An Amherst County man lost his life early Thursday morning in a sequence of events that initially started out because of the recent heavy rains and wind in the Nelson area. According Virginia State Trooper, AT Covey, Al Fleming, was driving his Ford pickup east on Route 56 in Piney [...]
SharePiney River Nelson County, Virginia Update: 11.6.09: Black Eagle Farm files for bankruptcy protection. The Lynchburg News & Advance has more here. And more here from The Charlottesville Daily Progress regarding bankruptcy filings. Updated 11.5.09 The proposed sale of Black Eagle Farm discussed below, has been postponed according to Nelson Courthouse officials. It is unclear [...]
Share Saunders Brothers, Inc., in Piney River, will be sponsoring their first-ever Pumpkin Decorating Contest on Saturday, October 31st. Here is an opportunity for area kids ages 12 and under to demonstrate their creativity and originality! There will be two age categories: 9 to 12, and 8 and under. Decorated pumpkins must be delivered to [...]
Share This Saturday’s events * Farm Animals will be on display. We will be having cattle, sheep, chickens, and goats on display. * Nelson County High School Drama Club will be portraying Johnny Appleseed, doing face painting, pumpkin carving, serving hot mulled cider, and assisting you in getting your purchases to the car. The Drama [...]
