Nellysford Nelson County, Virginia It’s been a long wait. Just after purchasing the old Sunflower Health Food Store in Nellysford, enter Covid. That put the brakes on opening of Black Bear Creamery, Nellysford’s newest ice cream shop. Though construction and improvements kept moving along, it wasn’t exactly an ideal time to open to the public. […]
Photo By Nikki Chambers : In the left side of this photo, traffic was stopped Saturday night around 9:30 PM along Route 151 near Rhue Hollow Road as the Virginia State Police investigated a hit and run accident. May 29, 2021 Roseland Near Rhue Hollow Road & Route 151 Nelson County, Virginia By Tommy Stafford […]
The NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for much of e area until 10 PM this evening. Click image above for the latest updates. URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 206 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 245 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued […]
Afton Mountain / Route 250 Near the Albemarle / Nelson County Line, Virginia Verbatim update from VDOT below 4:44PM / 5.6.21 Work to remove loose rocks and debris, stabilize slope will require extended road closure U.S. 250 (Rockfish Gap Turnpike) will remain closed for an extended period between Route 6 (Afton Mountain Road) east […]
Roseland Nelson County, Virginia By Tommy Stafford (More reflections on Steve at updated link near bottom of story) There will much more to say about this man in the coming days and weeks. But, I wanted to acknowledge his passing here on our site without invading the privacy his family has asked for during this […]
Nellysford Nelson County, Virginia It’s been a long wait. Just after purchasing the old Sunflower Health Food Store in Nellysford, enter Covid. That put the brakes on opening of Black Bear Creamery, Nellysford’s newest ice cream shop. Though construction and improvements kept moving along, it wasn’t exactly an ideal time to open to the public. […]
Photo By Nikki Chambers : In the left side of this photo, traffic was stopped Saturday night around 9:30 PM along Route 151 near Rhue Hollow Road as the Virginia State Police investigated a hit and run accident. May 29, 2021 Roseland Near Rhue Hollow Road & Route 151 Nelson County, Virginia By Tommy Stafford […]
The NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for much of e area until 10 PM this evening. Click image above for the latest updates. URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 206 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 245 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued […]
Afton Mountain / Route 250 Near the Albemarle / Nelson County Line, Virginia Verbatim update from VDOT below 4:44PM / 5.6.21 Work to remove loose rocks and debris, stabilize slope will require extended road closure U.S. 250 (Rockfish Gap Turnpike) will remain closed for an extended period between Route 6 (Afton Mountain Road) east […]
Roseland Nelson County, Virginia By Tommy Stafford (More reflections on Steve at updated link near bottom of story) There will much more to say about this man in the coming days and weeks. But, I wanted to acknowledge his passing here on our site without invading the privacy his family has asked for during this […]
Verbatim press release from VSP at 10:51 AM EDT “At 5:06 a.m. this morning (May 6), Virginia State Police responded to a crash on westbound Interstate 64 at the 108 mile marker. The crash involved a tractor-trailer and a pedestrian. The tractor-trailer was traveling in the left lane when it struck a female pedestrian who […]
Afton Nelson County, Virginia You know warmer days are ahead when you start seeing the green colors down below in the valley heading up the side of the mountains. Our buddy Luis Ramos Obando took this fantastic photo and sent it to us earlier today. We think this is from the Route 250 […]
Nelson County, Virginia We were archiving some of our very early photos this morning and ran across some of these from 15 years ago when we first started the magazine. Dr. Steve Schmitz (our Ask The Doc columnist to this day) had recently joined the late Dr. Bob Raynor at Afton Family Medicine. Dr. Raynor […]
Wintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia It’s been hard to find a lot of snow this year in the Blue Ridge but that doesn’t stop the breathtaking views that we see here year round. Dima Homes with Wintergreen Real Estate Company grabbed this shot on Saturday from up top at Wintergreen Resort. Absolutely gorgeous Dima! […]
Wintergreen Nelson County, Virginia While people living in the lowlands got nothing more than a cold rain into the early morning hours Wednesday, people living in the mountains got another reminder that winter isn’t that far away. The coldest weather of the season is on the way late this week. I talk more about it […]
Nelson County, Virginia You may have noticed our banner photo switched at the top of this page to a nice fall one. Dima Holmes of Wintergreen Real Estate let us use that one. Perfectly sums up the beautiful colors popping here now. As a matter of fact, in the highest of elevations the leaves are […]
Near Bald Mountain Blue Ridge Parkway – Central Virginia There’s never a lack of beautiful pictures along the Blue Ridge Parkway regardless of the time of year. Robert Stull, the owner of Hickman’s Grocery in Beech Grove of Nelson County, recently grabbed this shot from the BRP looking toward Bald Mountain. The clouds dropping over […]
