April 23, 2012
ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, VA People got a chance to travel back to the 1940′s, the time of Bogart and Bergman, this past Saturday night. It was all part of a spring fundraiser for Wintergreen Performing Arts that’s gearing up for the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival. The theme this year’s WSMF is Inovation 2012. Visit [...]
April 23, 2012
ShareRoseland / Beech Grove Nelson County, Virginia A beautiful Saturday for most of the Blue Ridge Oyster Festival held on the grounds at Devils Backbone Brewing this past weekend. Though it was all about the oysters, there was music, wine, and, of course, beer! The event partially benefitted The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Big Brothers [...]
April 23, 2012
ShareWintergreen Mountain Nelson County, Virginia As Tommy’s Weather mentioned Sunday in the forecast, snow might make an appearance in Nelson County overnight Sunday into Monday morning. It did! And as of this post it’s still coming down up there. NCL Mountain Photographer Paul Purpura sent us the first shot around 9AM, then NCL Writer/Photographer Marcie [...]
April 22, 2012
ShareNellysford / Stoney Creek Nelson County, VA In just under four years Wintergreen Fire Department has done the unthinkable. They have paid off their new $760,000 ladder truck just short of 4 years. During a brief ceremony, where NCL Publisher Tommy Stafford was emcee, WFD Chief Curtis Sheets torched the note after passing off the [...]
April 18, 2012
ShareGreenfield Nelson County, VA A few days ago we told you about the ransom note we found here at NCL. It was about Nelly May’s disappearance. She’s the famous cow that is in front of the Nelson Farmers Market Coop in Nellysford. Wednesday we noticed posters like the one above going up in places across [...]
April 16, 2012
ShareNellysford Nelson County, Virginia Early Monday morning we found a rather suspicious note in a jar on the front porch of NCL Headquarters here in Nelson County. We are obviously very concerned for the safe return of Nelly May. She’s the famous cow you see each season at The Nelson Farmers Market Coop in Nellysford. [...]
April 14, 2012
ShareNelson County, VA If you were out driving Saturday morning around 11AM you probably noticed the caravan of trucks headed across the county. It was part of the Relay For Life Of Nelson Trucking Against Cancer Parade. The event is a prelude fundraiser leading up to the main RFL event next month in Lovingston. The [...]
April 13, 2012
ShareSpruce Creek Nelson County, Virginia The annual Rockfish Valley Foundation Kite Festival will be held this Sunday just south of Nellysford near Spruce Creek. It kicks off at 11AM and continues until 3PM that afternoon. Nelson County Life Magazine is once again the event’s media sponsor. It is a great day of fun, so come [...]
April 13, 2012
ShareNorthern Nelson / Western Albemarle County, VA Lots of you have been asking what gives about the traffic backups for the past several days along Route 151 in Northern Nelson County. Here you go! The road project along Rt. 151 in Northern Nelson County is part of a roughly $370,000 contract, according to VDOT – [...]
April 13, 2012
Share Our Wintergreen Nature Foundation Weather station (live above) is back online as of Friday afternoon. Click on the widget shown above to see more detail. Wintergreen / Devils Knob Nelson County, Virginia After several months of being offline due to some computer problems at The Wintergreen Nature Foundation, our weather station there is back [...]