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Montebello Post Office On List For Possible Closure

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Montebello Post Office On List For Possible Closure
The post office in the far SW Nelson community of Montebello is on a list for possible closure.

Montebello
Nelson County, Virginia
CBS-19 (Newsplex) is reporting that Montebello is one of the locations being considered by the U.S. Postal Service for possible closure in the near future.

Their story reads:

The Postal Service is considering closing more than 1 in 10 of its retail outlets.

The financially-troubled agency announced Tuesday that it will study 3,653 local offices, branches and stations for possible closing. Most of the offices that face review are in rural areas and have low volumes of business.

Central Virginia post offices being reviewed include:

– Madison County: Hood, Oakpark, Radient, Rochelle, Syria, Wolftown

– Nelson County: Montebello

– Orange County: Burr Hill, Montpelier Station

Coming under review doesn’t necessarily mean an office will close, although. The post office announced in January it was reviewing 1,400 offices for closing. So far 280 have been closed and 200 have finished the review process and will remain open.

To read the entire story, click here.

Parts Of Nelson Hammered In Monday Afternoon Storm!

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Photos Courtesy of Terrence O'Neil : Water rushes across the 18 fairway up at Devils Knob Golf Course Monday afternoon when a thunderstorm dumped just under 4 inches of rain in an hour.


Devils Knob
Wintergreen Resort
Nelson County, Virginia

Some people didn’t see a drop of rain Monday afternoon, but that wasn’t the case up on the mountain at Wintergreen Resort. They had a very intense thunderstorm with heavy rains and very intense lightning.

A screen shot Monday afternoon just after the storm of our very own weather station over at The Wintergreen Nature Foundation. The mid-afternoon total was 3.77 inches of rain.

Compare that to far less amounts here at NCL and just down the road at Spruce Creek Park just south of Nellysford.

Water made several deep trenches in this sand trap up at Devils Knob from the Monday afternoon storm.

Things will be much better on Tuesday with less humidity and sunny skies!


Listen to Tommy’s Audio Weather by clicking the play button above on the left!

Up A Tree In Shipman!

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Photos Courtesy of Sherri & David Brooks : A mama bear and her two cubs decided to take up temporary residence in a big oak tree at the farm of Gwen Casale in Shipman.

Shipman
Nelson County, Virginia

Gwen Casale’s seen lots of things as a sheep farmer. But she didn’t expect to see what was up a tree Sunday afternoon. “Our herd dogs have a certain alarm bark when something is threatening the sheep. But it’s very unusual to hear that in the afternoon, generally it’s night,” Gwen told us Sunday afternoon.

Gwen dogs treed a mama black bear and her two cubs.

A wider shot shows just how far the bear were up in the tree at Gwen's.

“Shocked. I know there are bears around here and our neighbors have seen them, but we have never seen them here at our place. She started growling, hissing and pawing until we had to get our dogs inside,” Gwen continued.

Gwen contacted the VA Wildlife people who told her the mama and her cubs may stay there overnight, but would eventually come down.

Photo By Gwen Casale: The moma bear can be seen here looking at Gwen as she snapped this very quick shot. The cubs are just out of view.

We sent our NCL East Photographer, Victoria Mininger to Gwen’s to get some closer shots, but by the time she got there, the mama and her cubs we gone!

Don’t think Gwen or her sheep will mind one bit!

Wintergreen & Nelson : Excessive Heat Warning : ! EXPIRED !

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Wintergreen & Nelson : Excessive Heat Warning : ! EXPIRED !
Via NWS: The areas highlighted in red are all under an Excessive Heat Warning until Saturday evening.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
329 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

VAZ036>038-240000-
/O.CON.KLWX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF…CHARLOTTESVILLE
329 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING…

* TEMPERATURE…HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 THIS AFTERNOON.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES…110 TO 115 THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER…STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM…STAY OUT OF THE SUN…AND CHECK ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE…RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK…THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR-CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY – CALL 9 1 1.

New Weather Station Online In Rockfish Valley

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New Weather Station Online In Rockfish Valley

The new Spruce Creek Park weather station went online Wednesday of this past week. It’s just south of Nellysford, VA – You are looking at live data some from their now. Click on the image above to visit the station’s for more.


Nellysford
Nelson County, Virginia
The Rockfish Valley got another way to check on the weather, live, thanks to the people over at Spruce Creek Park, The Rockfish Valley Foundation, and a generous donor. They put the station online this past Wednesday and it’s pushing out the data now! Spruce Creek Park is where the former Spruce Creek Gallery was located and the old Wintergreen Country Store.

We’ve also added their widget to our pages, just scroll down to the bottom in the weather section to see our stations plus theirs! You can check out many of the area stations by going here to Weathernet Stations on our site.

Neato and congrats guys!

The Blue Toad Hops Into Business Thursday!

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Photo By Tommy Stafford : ©2011 www.nelsoncountylfe.com : Todd Rath (right) owner and founder of The Blue Toad chats it up Wednesday evening with Amy Winter and daughter Anna at the soft opening of the restaurant where D'Ambola's operated for several years.

Afton
Nelson County, Virginia
No doubt you’ve seen the blue signs and The Blue Toad if you have been driving down Route 151 between Afton and Greenfield. This past Wednesday evening Todd & Kim Rath held a soft opening of the valley’s newest restaurant. Before Blue Toad, it was D’Ambola’s Restaurant for years.

Our story about Todd and The Blue Toad in our July 2011 issue. Page 36. Click on the magazine image above to read the story.

A big plus for anyone with kids is the fenced in playground just a few short steps from the outside seating.
A waitress takes an order Wednesday afternoon at The Blue Toad.
People got their first taste of the food at The Blue Toad Wednesday evening during a soft open.
The Blue Toad signs along Route 151 in front of what was D'Ambola's Restaurant.
Kids and parents highly approve of the new playground!

The Blue Toad opens for business at 11AM sharp this Thursday July 21, 2011.

Check them out on Facebook here.

Hop on over and try it out!

BREAKING: Christopher Meeks : 3 Life Sentences In Opal Page Murder

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BREAKING: Christopher Meeks : 3 Life Sentences In Opal Page Murder
Photo Courtesy of CBS-19 Charlottesville: Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks leads Christopher Meeks from the Nelson County courthouse Tuesday afternoon after he was sentenced to 3 life sentences for the murder of Opal Page.

Lovingston
Nelson County, Virginia
In a similar plea agreement as the one Austin Griffin entered into last week, Christopher Meeks today plead guilty to capital murder, burglary and robbery in connection with the May 2009 death of Opal Page.

Meeks was sentenced to 3 consecutive life sentences in prison.

CBS-19”s preliminary coverage here.

History & coverage of the Opal Page case here.

Amherst County Officers Involved In Nelson County Shooting

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Amherst County Officers Involved In Nelson County Shooting
Via Google.com : General area where shooting took place overnight Monday into Tuesday morning.

Near Lovingston
Nelson County, Virginia

Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks tells NCL that his department was not involved in an overnight shooting here in the county that left a man wounded from a gunshot to the abdomen. “Amherst authorities contacted out department around midnight to let us know they were tailing a suspect into our county. We asked if they needed assistance and they said no. Later we received a call that gunfire had been exchanged on Davis Creek Road and they needed our help.”

Click on the image above to read more from CBS-19's (Charlottesville) story.

Apparently shots were exchanged and the suspect / victim was hit in the abdomen. Sheriff Brooks says the victim was airlifted to UVA Medical Center. The sheriff continued by saying he believes the person shot was from Madison Heights.

The Virginia State Police are handling the investigation.

Area Church Youth Groups Had Busy Week

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Area Church Youth Groups Had Busy Week
Photo By Tommy Stafford : ©2011 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Sidney Smith of Shipman holds a sign up this past Saturday afternoon in front of The Blue Ridge Grocery in Nellysford asking people to donate some extra canned goods to the Nelson Food Pantry.

Nellysford
Nelson County, Virginia
It’s been one busy week for several youth groups from area churches. They have been doing volunteer service projects across the county to help out others. “Youths from area churches have been coming together this week to re-gravel a driveway for a family, patch a roof, paint a house, hold a gospel car wash, just to mention a few things,” said Tyler Lucas who was helping coordinate the effort out of Rose Union Baptist Church.

Jade Ashley, Tyler Lucas, Diane Bridgewater, Rachel King, and Sidney Smith stand by the van parked in front of Blue Ridge Grocery in Nellysford this past Saturday. It was one of three Nelson groceries participating in the food drive for the Nelson Food Pantry.

As part of this past week’s effort the youth groups from Rose Union, Woodlands & Christian Fellowship churches helped coordinate a day long food drive this past Saturday at Blue Ridge Grocery in Nellysford, along with Food Lion and IGA in Lovingston. “They’ve been drumming up donations in front of the store asking people to bring out canned goods that will be taken to the Nelson Food Pantry,” Tyler continued. Earlier in the week the groups went to the Nelson Food Pantry to help spruce up and clean the facility.

The youth group collecting food donations this past Saturday at Blue Ridge Grocery in Nellysford.

The groups will to represent the Pantry again next month working with Kate Rutherford (coordinator of Nelson Community Day), August 20th, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm at the high school.

Great Weekend Weather For Devils Playground 5 & 10 K

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Photos By Paul Purpura : ©www.nelsoncountylife.com : Runners had a perfect Sunday to run in the Devils Playground Mountain Mayhem 5 & 10 K this past weekend.

Roseland
Nelson County, Virginia
Thank goodness it’s not later this week people took to the road to run in the Devils Playground 5 & 10K held this past Sunday morning. By late this week we’re talking temps near 100° rather than the cooler 70’s and 80’s they got to run in. The event is just one of many being held at DP over the coming weeks.

Runners cross the finish line at the 2011 Devils Playground Mountain Mayhem.

According to the Devils Playground website the 2011 Mountain Mayhem 10k Winners were Andrew Nichols and Emily Ward.

Congrats!

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