Have your pet(s) photographed with Santa, Sunday, December 13th between 1:00 and 4:00 PM at The Blue Moon Antique Mall, Thomas Nelson Highway, Lovingston. This event is sponsored by the Humane Society/SPCA of Nelson County to benefit The Almost Home Pet adoption Center.
Event Date: Sunday 13th of December 2009 01:00 PM
Location/Address: 8230 Thomas Nelson Hwy, Lovingston
Contact Telephone Please call 263-7722 or 263-4378 for more information
Rockfish River Elementary School and the PTA join to offer an evening of food, fun and fitness for the whole family. There will be food demonstrations and foods to taste, short exercise classes to enjoy, health screenings for free and reduced prices, lots of fun events, information booths and door prizes galore! 5:30-7:30 pm Thursday November 19.
Event Date: Thursday 19th of November 2009 05:30 PM
Location/Address: Rockfish River Elementary School, 200 Chapel Hollow Road, Afton, VA 22920
Contact Telephone Please call 434-361-1791 for more information
Saturday, December 5, 2009
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Nelson County High School
Performers include:
The Fortune Family
Adial Baptist Church Trio
Melissa Morris
Tina Taylor
and many more.
$5.00 Admission
$5.00 Dinner Plate (Fried Chicken)
All proceeds to benefit American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Nelson County
Event Date: Saturday 5th of December 2009 03:00 PM
Location/Address: Nelson County High School – Thomas Nelson Hwy, Lovingston
Contact Telephone Please call 434-263-5305 for more information
Rockfish Valley Community Center’s third, annual Holiday Market will feature artisan cheeses, eggs, beef, chicken & pork, plus seasonal veggies, fresh baked goods & candy. Additionally there will be local artisans and crafters, fresh & dried holiday wreaths and trees with live musicical entertainment. A pancake breakfast & delicious lunch round out the event.
Event Date: Saturday 5th of December 2009 09:00 AM
Location/Address: 190 Rockfish School Lane
Contact Telephone Please call 434-361-0100 for more information
Nelson County, Virginia
There is light at the end of the tunnel soon, and it’s the sun! The unending rain will actually be coming to an end by Friday night into Saturday. We’ll begin to see improvement as the day wears on Friday into the nighttime hours. The coverage and intensity will be much less on Friday as the coastal low responsible for the rain, and snow in the higher elevations, pulls out to sea away from Virginia.
The same system responsible for all of the rain dropped 2-4 inches of snow up in the higher elevations of Nelson County overnight Wednesday into Thursday. A freezing rain advisory was also issued Thursday night until 7AM Friday due to temps hovering right around freezing up in the mountains all day Thursday into the nighttime hours. It expired as temps remained a degree to two above freezing in the mountains Friday morning.
The nasty weather proved deadly here in Nelson very early Thursday morning. 66 year old Al Fleming of Amherst was on his way to Saunder Brothers on Route 56 in Piney River, Virginia. He was an independent delivery person for the company. Mr. Fleming hit a tree that had fallen across the highway at the Tye River bridge. Mr. Fleming survived that crash only to be killed by an oncoming truck that was trying to avoid hitting his vehicle stalled in the roadway. Heavy rains and winds contributed to the tree uprooting and falling across Route 56.
As the low pressure area continues to pull out to sea over the next 24 hours, conditions will gradually improve.
Continued updates over in Tommy’s Audio Weather by clicking here.
Nelson County, Virginia
Including Wintergreen Resort & The BRP
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
644 PM EST THU NOV 12 2009
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AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-PAGE-WARREN-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-
RAPPAHANNOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…
FRONT ROYAL…CHARLOTTESVILLE…WASHINGTON
644 PM EST THU NOV 12 2009
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
FRIDAY.
LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.
TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN
FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. ONLY A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS OF AN
INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ACROSS THE
VALLEYS…TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING ALLOWING
PRECIPITATION TO FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
Featuring KODA KERL, whose
set list is usually very eclectic, a mix of recognizable and fairly obscure songs. Don’t miss it. Early for us early risers. Support this real coffeehouse atmosphere.
Light dinner available 6-9
Performance 7-9
NO COVER
Event Date: Friday 27th of November 2009 07:00 PM
Location/Address: 80 Mosby Run
Contact Telephone Please call 434 361-2324 for more information
“Broda”, singer/songwriter extrodinaire.
Accoustic americana vocals with guitar and keyboard. You will enjoy this performance.
Light dinner available 6-9
NO COVER
Event Date: Friday 4th of December 2009 07:00 PM
Location/Address: 80 Mosby Run
Contact Telephone Please call 434 361-2324 for more information
“Jan Smith’s deceptively simple tunes sparkle with freshness and originality,” said Performing Songwriter magazine. The Louisville native’s roots originals combine folk music with the country and bluegrass of her present home in the mountains of central Virginia. Hear this local favorite in intimate solo performances the second Friday of every month at Java Depot in Wintergreen.”
Light Dinner available 6-9 pm
NO COVER
Event Date: Friday 11th of December 2009 07:00 PM
Location/Address: 80 Mosby Run
Contact Telephone Please call 434 361 2324 for more information
Piney River
Nelson County, Virginia
An Amherst County man lost his life early Thursday morning in a sequence of events that initially started out because of the recent heavy rains and wind in the Nelson area. According Virginia State Trooper, AT Covey, Al Fleming, was driving his Ford pickup east on Route 56 in Piney River around 4:30 AM Thursday morning. Apparently a tree had fallen across the road as a result of the heavy rains and wind. “It’s believed after Fleming hit the tree in the road, he got out to inspect the damage to his truck, ” Trooper Covey told NCL by phone Thursday afternoon.
While Mr. Fleming was apparently inspecting the damage, the driver of a semi also eastbound on Route 56 approached the first accident scene which Trooper Covey said was on the Tye River bridge in a curve. “The driver of the semi told me he saw the truck and the other debris in the road and made a quick decision to avoid hitting the stalled truck by crossing over into the westbound lane,” Trooper Covey continued. Trooper Covey says that is when Mr. Fleming was hit by the semi as he swerved to miss his pickup in the highway.
According to reports from Nelson County Emergency services, Route 56 was blocked off for about 3.5 hours while the vehicles were removed and the trees cleaned up.
Several agencies including, Piney River Fire Department, Lovingston Fire Department, Nelson Rescue, Nelson County Sheriff’s Office and Virginia State Police were involved in the investigation and cleanup.
Trooper Covey tells NCL no charges have been filed in the accident.
Mr. Fleming was an independent driver for Saunder Brothers in Piney River and was on his way in to pick up a load for the day’s deliveries.
