Greenfield/Afton
Nelson County, Virginia
It’s a busy month for birthdays here at NCL. Just two days ago Junior Publisher Adam Stafford celebrated 3 years. Today his sister Peyton celebrates her 1st!
Thanks to all of you that have accepted our family as your very own!
Nelson is a great place to live and a great place to celebrate birthdays!
Like we told Adam earlier in the week, take the day off Peyton. You deserve it!
Nelson County, Virginia
September is outta here! October is heading in and with this weekend’s cooler temps, it will feel like the fall days of October. The latest Nelson County Life Magazine is out now hitting stands already and through Friday evening. (Marcie and Ray are delivering as fast as they can!)
Click on the magazine image to read the online edition now!
There’s tons of great reading in this month’s issue including the cover story, by writer Jennie Willaims, on Team Nelson that participates in the Tough Mudder competition at Wintergreen Resort on the 22nd of October. Yep, NCL Publisher, Yvette Stafford is participating and is Team Nelson’s organizer! Photographers Norm Shafer and Hayley Osborne give you a close up preview of their training to get ready.
You can read all about it in the October issue.
Greenfield
Nelson County, Virginia
Three years ago today we broke the news here on our NCL web version about a new Nelson County Life. Enter Adam Stafford!
Since then Adam has become a fixture here in our home and yours. We have thousands of you telling us how much you enjoy reading page five each month in our printed edition to hear about the adventures of Adam, and now Peyton.
Today is your day Adam! Enjoy and take the day off!
Colleen
Nelson County, Virginia
Thanks to some quick thinkers a car fire ended up being just a car fire and not something bigger. A vehicle caught on fire at Colleen Exxon Monday afternoon and quickly became a big inferno. Some bystanders pulled the vehicle away from the gas pumps limiting the chances of it spreading.
Way to go Nelson people, helping each other out. That’s what it’s all about!
Massies Mill / Tyro
Nelson County, Virginia
Updated: 3:04 EDT:
Nelson Sheriff David Brooks says he’s now confident the gunshot would this morning was self inflicted. “Information and evidence we gathered at this person’s home leads us to believe it was a self inflicted gunshot wound.”
(earlier post)
Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks says his department continues their investigation into the events surrounding an early morning shooting of of a Cub Creek Road man. “He showed up at J & K Market early Monday morning with what appeared to be a possible gunshot,” Sheriff Brooks tells NCL. It was unclear at first if the person had been shot or simply beat up. “His left eye was swollen shut and we couldn’t determine is he’d been shot until an exam was performed at UVA. He was unable to answer any questions from officers due to the injury. Doctors there tell us he was shot in the left eye with the bullet lodged in the skull behind the eye, Sheriff Brooks continued.
Deputies have spent the better part of Monday trying to figure out where the exact location of the shooting was. During the afternoon they began searching the person’s home on Cub Creek Rd to see if they could determine anything about the shooting.
Sheriff Brooks is asking anyone that might have information on what happened to contact them at this toll free number: 877 570 8477
Wintergreen Resort
Nelson County, Virginia
You know those crisp fall nights and frost can’t be far away when Wintergreen Performing Arts holds its annual Oktoberfest on the mountain. Our NCL Mountain Photographer, Paul Purpura, has made several of these over the years and was back for 2011 this past weekend.
See you next year!
Afton
Nelson County, Virginia
It was farewell to Afton After Hours this past Saturday night over at Afton Mountain Vineyards. The Kings of Belmont closed out the season under the just finished pavilion at AMV. We told you about the pavilion construction here back in August.
Afton After Hours will be back in 2012. See you then!
Roseland
Nelson County, Virginia
Blue Ridge Medical Center got a nice surprise this week when Devils Backbone Brewing & The Festy’s Justin Billcheck presented a check for over $1700.00 to the program. “We realize the importance of giving back and helping within the county we live and work in,” said Heidi Crandall , Marketing Director for DBBC. The restaurant gave a 25% of its sales on September 13th to the BRMC Dental Program that helps people across the area with dental needs.
Very Cool!
Congrats BRMC way to go DBBC!
Wingina/Cabell Road
Nelson County, Virginia
Train traffic is back to normal Thursday morning after a truck driving beside the tracks was hit around 6:30 AM. “We got the call about 6:38 AM for a train versus car accident off Cabell Road between Warminster and Fish Pond,” Wintergreen Fire & Rescue Chief Curtis Sheets told NCL. WF&R was called to assist other crews from Lovingston and Faber.
Apparently two vehicles, a white truck and a blue one, were being driven along side the tracks when the blue truck hit the train. “The people in both trucks got out without injury and fled the scene,” said Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks. As of 10:30 Thursday morning, the drivers were still at large and had not been located. Sheriff Brooks said the white truck involved had been reported stolen his office earlier in the morning.
The track stayed closed for about 4 hours until the scene was cleared and the investigation completed.
Wintergreen Resort
Nelson County, Virginia
Years ago Wintergreen Fire Chief Curtis Sheets knew there was a looming problem with increased fire potential for people living on a mountain with heavily wooded areas nearby. “Over the last few years we have worked hard to become a safer Firewise Community. Some of the efforts have been assisted through grant dollars,” Chief Sheets tells NCL. Tuesday afternoon representatives from the Virginia Department of Forestry visited Wintergreen to see firsthand the progress that’s been made.
WFD received a grant in excess of $20,000 to help get make the homes and surrounding mountain areas safer in the event of a fire. Much of the emphasis was on landscaping, routine maintenance and cleaning around homes to keep them from being fire prone.
More information on Firewise Communities from VDOF by clicking here.
