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Arrington : Blue Mountain Barrel House Annual Concealed Darkness Release Party – Saturday : December 2nd,

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Arrington : Blue Mountain Barrel House Annual Concealed Darkness Release Party – Saturday : December 2nd,

Arrington
Nelson County, VA

The Blue Mountain Barrel House annual release party for Concealed Darkness will be held Saturday, December 2nd, 10am – 8pm at our facility in Arrington, VA. (note: this is NOT at the Afton-location Blue Mountain!) 2017 Concealed Darkness and its variants will be available for purchase from 10am until they are gone (purchase rules below). Blue Mountain Executive Chef Rob Bond will be onsite hosting their pig roast, and four fantastic local bands will be taking the stage at the following times:

*Greg Ward: 10:00AM-Noon
*Delta Junction: Noon-2:30
*Five Oaks Fire: 2:30-5:00
*Sun-Dried Opossum: 5:00-7:30



While guests enjoy the entertainment and BBQ, they will be offering the following special draft releases from the cellar (limited supply):

*12pm – Concealed Darkness 2016 & Concealed Darkness 2017
*1pm – Barrel-Aged South Street Brewery Anastasia’s Chocolate Fantasy w/Peanut Butter & Concealed Darkness Variant #1 (snow day stout)
*2pm- 2016 Concealed Darkness Variant 2 (Loire Stout) 1 & Barrel-Aged Imperial Satan’s Pony
*3pm- Sour Cherry Devil 2015 & Concealed Darkness Variant #2 (Boysenberry Stout)
*4pm- 2016 Concealed Darkness Variant 1 (Coconut Chocolate Brandy) & Barrel – Aged Spooky w/Tootsie
*5pm- South Street Brewery Barrel-Aged Soft Serve & Barrel-Aged Anastasia’s After Dinner Mint
*6pm- Concealed Darkness 2017 & 2017 Chocolate Coffee Dark Hollow

Purchase Rules:

Each patron may purchase up to three individual bottles of 2017 Concealed Darkness. If three bottles are purchased, you have the option to buy a 2-pack of Snow Day Stout Concealed Darkness Variant and a 2-pack of Boysenberry Stout Concealed Darkness Variant if you so desire.
** Two 2-pack Limit on the Variants**
A vertical 3-pack of 2015, 2016 and 2017 Concealed Darkness will also be available for purchase. Patrons who purchase the vertical 3-pack may also purchase a 2017 3-pack, but only those who purchase the 2017 3-pack will have the option to buy the variants.
**Supplies of CD 2017, CD 2017 Variants and CD Vertical 3-packs are limited.

Saunders Brothers Employees Raise Money And Volunteer In Disaster Relief

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Saunders Brothers Employees Raise Money And Volunteer In Disaster Relief
Lindsay Day with Saunders Brothers shown here in the Florida Keys helping out with the ongoing disaster relief from recent hurricanes.

Piney River
Nelson County, Virginia

Following multiple hurricanes this past fall Saunders Brothers employees raised funds, donated supplies, and gave their time to disaster relief. They collected around $2,800 in donations and relief supplies. Saunders Brothers then matched the gifts 2 for 1 to raise a total of $8,345.

Saunders employees at their Piney River Headquarters with some of the donated supplies used in relief efforts.

In addition to the money and supplies raised employees requested 14 paid days off to volunteer in the disaster relief.

Wintergreen : Nearly 1000 Property Owners To Sue ACP

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Wintergreen : Nearly 1000 Property Owners To Sue ACP
Image courtesy of Friends Of Wintergreen : According to FOW the pipeline will take 7 acres of Wintergreen property.

Press release via EIN And FOW

“NELLYSFORD, VIRGINIA, USA, November 20, 2017 /.EINPresswire.com/ — Friends of Wintergreen announced today that nearly 1,000 Wintergreen property owners, a number that is growing daily, plan to individually sue the Atlantic Coast Pipeline for damages to their property if the pipeline company seizes land used by the Wintergreen community. These actions follow a rare split-decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve the 600-mile, 42-inch compressed natural gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and grant the private pipeline company the power to use eminent domain to seize private land, including 7-acres of common land at Wintergreen.

“By approving the ACP, FERC effectively guarantees a 14% profit (or over $200 million a year) to the Dominion-managed pipeline company, a return that comes at the expense of many unwilling, uncompensated or under-compensated Virginia landowners”. In the case of Wintergreen property owners, the land to be seized by the pipeline will come with no compensation to individual property owners, but significant inconvenience and damage to their property values” said Jonathan Ansell, Chairman of Friends of Wintergreen, Inc.

Most of the individual “inverse condemnation” lawsuits will be managed by the Norfolk-based eminent domain law firm, Waldo & Lyle PC. According to Brian Kunze, Partner at the firm: “Under the US Constitution and Virginia law, no private property can be damaged or taken for public use without just compensation to the owner. If a property owner does not receive compensation for the taking of land, as is the case for nearly 4,000 individual Wintergreen owners, these owners are entitled to obtain compensation under a legal procedure known as “inverse condemnation”. We intend to file these cases the day after the ACP takes Wintergreen property”.

Separately, Friends of Wintergreen and the Wintergreen Property Owners Association (WPOA) filed a legal action with FERC to halt the construction of the pipeline until a full rehearing is completed. “We believe that FERC’s approval of the pipeline was arbitrary, capricious and not supported by the substantial evidence and alternatives we and others have provided”, said Jay Roberts, Executive Director of the WPOA. “On October 13, the FERC Commission voted 2 to 1 to approve the ACP, a rare split-decision in a federal agency where 98% of votes are unanimous”, noted Ansell. The dissenting opinion was issued by a Commissioner with seven years experience on the FERC Commission; the two Commissioners who approved the ACP were each on the job for about 60 days.

Friends of Wintergreen, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to protecting and enhancing the value, beauty, integrity, and sustainability of the Wintergreen VA area.

Mr. Jonathan Ansell
Friends of Wintergreen”

Piney River : Serious Accident Wednesday Night Has Man Airlifted To UVA

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Piney River : Serious Accident Wednesday Night Has Man Airlifted To UVA

Piney River
Nelson County, Virginia

Information via VSP:

At 8:14 p.m., Wednesday, Virginia State Police responded to a pedestrian crash in Nelson County at the intersection of Route 151 and Shady Lane. A male subject stopped at a stop sign near his residence. The male driver got out of his vehicle but the pickup truck was not all the way in “park.” The pickup truck struck the driver and rolled into a bush. The driver was flown to UVA Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries.

Corinne N. Geller
Public Relations Director
Virginia State Police

Area Businesses Setup Drop Locations For Annual Christmas Toy Drive

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Area Businesses Setup Drop Locations For Annual Christmas Toy Drive

Nelson County, Virginia

Many local businesses are acting as drop points for the annual Toy Drive coordinated through the Rockfish Valley Volunteer Fire Department in Afton. They’re asking people to buy a new boxed up toy and drop at any of the following locations before December 1st:

Mountain Area Realty – Nellysford
Afton Service Center – Afton
Farm Bureau Insurance – Lovingston
Stoney Creek Auto – Nellysford

Once the toys are all collected they will eventually be distributed through RVVFD to underprivileged children across the area.

More information here on their Facebook event page.

Nelson : Piney River : CVEC Planned Outage Tuesday and Wednesday Nights

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Nelson : Piney River : CVEC Planned Outage Tuesday and Wednesday Nights

Info via CVEC:

CVEC has received another notification from AEP, our transmission service provider, of a required 6 hour outage on the transmission line that serves the Piney River Substation. This work is essential to maintain safe and reliable power to our consumers.

To limit the outage time for our members, CVEC crews will temporarily switch the load from the Piney River substation to the Colleen substation. Members will experience a 1.5 hour outage, beginning at 11:30 pm on Tuesday, November 14, while CVEC crews make the switch.

When the AEP work is complete, members will experience an additional 1.5 hour outage beginning at 11:30 pm on Wednesday, November 15, so that CVEC crews can switch the feed back to the Piney River substation.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. Thank you for being a CVEC member.
800-367-2832 | ms@mycvec.com | www.mycvec.com

Nelson : Lovingston : Virginia Distillery’s ‘Women Who Whiskey’ This Saturday November 18th : 1-5 PM (Video)

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Nelson : Lovingston : Virginia Distillery’s ‘Women Who Whiskey’ This Saturday November 18th : 1-5 PM (Video)

Lovingston
Nelson County, Virginia

Join Virginia Distillery Company for a celebration of Virginia’s Whiskey, the women that love it, and the men that love them both. Enjoy a variety of different styles of locally-made whiskeys and other spirits from eight Virginia distilleries, delicious cocktails, local beers, food, music from The Sally Rose Band, inspiration for Thanksgiving entertaining – or get your holiday shopping done early (hint: you can buy bottles of your fave Virginia Spirits at the event) – all nestled in the heart of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Plus, the first 100 women will receive a free, fabulous gift. A portion of the proceeds from bottles sold during the event will be donated to the Nelson County Domestic Violence Task Force.

Click on the above flyer to get tickets and more information from VDC on Saturday’s event.

Sip and savor Virginia whiskies and spirits from the following distilleries: A. Smith Bowman, Belle Isle Craft Spirits, Belmont Farm Distillery, Chesapeake Bay Distillery, Ironclad Distillery Co., KO Distilling, Virginia Distillery Company, and Vitae Spirits Distillery (and more!)

Local brews from: Blue Mountain Brewery!

Local featured artisan vendors to include: Caromont Farm Cheese, Dickie Brothers Orchards, Goodwin Creek Farm & Bakery and more!

Featured food trucks to include: Blue Mountain Brewery, and Spiked Food Truck.

“Women Who Whiskey” is presented by The Virginia Distillers Association, Nelson County Economic Development, and Virginia Distillery Company.

Nelson : VSP Investigating Fatal Crash Involving Arrington Woman

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Nelson : VSP Investigating Fatal Crash Involving Arrington Woman

US 29 – North of Woods Mill
Nelson County, Virginia

Press release via VSP:

Around 12:30 p.m. today (Nov. 13), Virginia State Police was called to the scene of a fatal, single-vehicle crash in Nelson County.

A 2005 Hyundai sedan was traveling northbound on Route 29 about two miles north of Route 6 (River Road) when the driver lost control of the vehicle, ran off the left side of the road and struck a guardrail. The impact caused the vehicle to spin and strike an embankment.

The driver – Maria H. Wood, 51, of Arrington, Va. – was pronounced dead at the scene. She was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. There were no passengers inside the vehicle.

The crash remains under investigation.

Susan Rowland
Public Relations Coordinator
Virginia State Police

Nelson : Piney River : Remembering Veteran’s Day At Saunders Brother Farm Market : (With Video)

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Nelson : Piney River : Remembering Veteran’s Day At Saunders Brother Farm Market : (With Video)
©2017 Blue Ridge Life : Photos & Video By BRL Photographer Marcie Gates : Paul Saunders (far right) introduces veterans during the annual Veteran’s Day remembrance held this past Saturday – November 11, 2017 at Saunders Brothers Farm Market in Piney River, Virginia.

Piney River
Nelson County, Virginia

Veterans and members of the community alike sat inside the frigid Saunders Brothers Farm Market barn to pay tribute to those who have fought and fallen for our country. Many scarves, jackets and blankets were removed and placed upon our present veterans to warm their hands and hearts. Memories were shared, stories were told, history was acknowledged.


Above Marcie Gates shot this short video clip catching some of the sites and sounds of Saturday’s remembrance.

At 11 o’clock on the dot Paul Saunders lead the group in song to sing God Bless America. This is a tradition and intentional timing due to Veterans Day falling on the 11th month and the 11th day, and on the 11th hour our soldiers got their first glimpse of hope that the war was finally over.

To see more photos from Saturday’s event, click on more of Marcie’s photos above.

Freeze Warnings Across The Blue Ridge Friday Night Into Saturday Mid-Morning (EXPIRED)

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Freeze Warnings Across The Blue Ridge Friday Night Into Saturday Mid-Morning (EXPIRED)
Click on the above image from NWS to see the latest updates to the map.

FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY EVENING TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
210 PM EST Fri Nov 10 2017

…Freezing temperatures expected tonight into Saturday morning…

.Below freezing temperatures are expected tonight as an
unseasonably cold air mass moves into the region. With the growing
season continuing in the Roanoke and southern Shenadoah
Valleys along with the foothills and Piedmont, temperatures this
cold are expected to damage or kill unprotected plants and crops
in these locations.

Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Wilkes-Yadkin-Roanoke-Botetourt-
Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-
Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-
Including the cities of Dobson, Danbury, Eden, Yanceyville,
Wilkesboro, Yadkinville, Roanoke, Salem, Fincastle, Lexington,
Buena Vista, Stuart, Rocky Mount, Bedford, Amherst, Martinsville,
Danville, Lynchburg, Appomattox, South Boston, and Keysville
210 PM EST Fri Nov 10 2017

…FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM EST SATURDAY…

* Locations…Roanoke and Southern Shenadoah Valleys, the Blue
Ridge foothills and the Piedmont.

* Hazards…Freezing temperatures.

* Temperatures…In the mid to upper 20s.

* Timing…Temperatures fall to below freezing around midnight,
with the lowest temperatures occuring just before sunrise.
Temperatures warm above freezing by mid-morning Saturday.

* Impacts…Freezing temperatures will damage or kill sensitive
vegetation Friday night. Take steps to protect tender plants
from freeze conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or
highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other
sensitive vegetation.

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
1225 PM EST Fri Nov 10 2017

District of Columbia-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore-
Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-
Calvert-Northwest Montgomery-Central and Southeast Montgomery-
Northwest Howard-Central and Southeast Howard-Northwest Harford-
Southeast Harford-Albemarle-Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-
Fairfax-Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania-
King George-Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Eastern Loudoun-
Including the cities of Washington, Frederick, Ballenger Creek,
Eldersburg, Westminster, Reisterstown, Cockeysville, Baltimore,
Bowie, Suitland-Silver Hill, Clinton, College Park, Greenbelt,
Laurel, Camp Springs, Glen Burnie, Annapolis, Severn, South Gate,
Severna Park, Arnold, Odenton, St. Charles, Waldorf,
Lexington Park, California, Chesapeake Beach, Huntingtown,
Dunkirk, North Beach, Lusby, Prince Frederick, Germantown,
Damascus, Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring,
Lisbon, Columbia, Ellicott City, Jarrettsville, Aberdeen,
Charlottesville, Dale City, Manassas, Woodbridge, Lake Ridge,
Montclair, Reston, Herndon, Annandale, Centreville, Chantilly,
McLean, Franconia, Arlington, Alexandria, Falmouth,
Fredericksburg, Dahlgren, Warrenton, Turnbull, Leesburg, Ashburn,
and Sterling
1225 PM EST Fri Nov 10 2017

…FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST SATURDAY…

* TEMPERATURES…Falling into the 20s…upper teens in north
central Maryland and near the Blue Ridge in Virginia.

* IMPACTS…Freezing conditions will damage or kill sensitive
vegetation. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the
cold.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are expected.
Bring any sensitive vegetation inside.

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