Afton News

STAUNTON - Ruby Leola Boyd Wolfe, 89, formerly of 133 S. Waverley St., passed away Saturday, June 27, 2009, in the Augusta Health and Rehabilitation in Fishersville.

An Afton man will spend 15 years in prison for his role in a series of shootings along Interstate 64 that injured two people.

FABER - Mary Gillian Steele of Staunton and Morgan Thomas Lanier of Blowing Rock, N.C., were married May 16.

Nate Crimmins came down the Atlantic Coast on an Adventure Cyclist Association route, he found mapped out online.

Six seats are on the ballot in three of Nelson County's five districts in the November election.

Browse> Home / Events / Independence Day Celebration @ Afton Mountain Vineyard : July 4th 2009 Join us at the winery for our annual Independence Day Celebration, featuring the release of new wines and musical intertainment by Paper Mountain from 1-4pm. www.myspace.com/papermountainmusic Event Date: Saturday 4th of July 2009 10:00 AM ...

Nine students will graduate from 8th grade. In addition, all students K-8 will participate in a music program to celebrate the end-of-the-school year.

Browse> Home / News / Rockfish River Elementary Kids Get Summer Tips Before School Ends 5.30.09 A©2009 NCL Magazine : Photo By Tommy Stafford : Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks and Helene Dodge with K-9 Search & Rescue along with Orso at RRES.

Browse> Home / News / Route 151 Accident Briefly Shuts Down Road Thursday Night 5.29.09 Afton Nelson County, Virginia A two car accident late Thursday night briefly shutdown Route 151 in Afton.

Browse> Home / Top Story / Nelson County Folk Life Festival @ Pharsalia : This Weekend May 30th & 31st A©2007-2009 NCL Magazine : Photos By Tommy Stafford : Actors portray centuries gone by at the 2007 Pharsalia Folk Life Festival.

WAYNESBORO - Members of DuPont Community Credit Union recently re-elected two incumbents for three-year terms to its board of directors.

A©2009 NCL Magazine : It was dancing, games, wine and music at the 7th annual Band Fair this past Saturday at Cardinal Point Vineyard & Winery.

Browse> Home / Top Story / Opal Page Murder Defendant Scheduled For Video Hearing Today : 5.20.09 A© 2009 Nelson County life Magazine.

One of the Nelson County men who was charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 73-year-old Afton woman is scheduled to reappear in Nelson County General District Court at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Browse> Home / Top Story / Rare Mid-May Frost Hits Parts Of Nelson County, Virginia : 5.19.09 A rare mid-May frost settles on raked grass in this field waiting to be bailed.

A©2009 NCL Magazine : Photos By Paul Purpura : Pete Osborne with The Oak Ridge Fox Hunt Club speaks from the lectern Saturday night at the Rita Mae Brown mystery skit.

Browse> Home / News / NCL Interviewed By CBS-19 Regarding Recent Tragedy Here In Nelson : 5.8.09 Screen image courtesy of CBS-19 WCAV in Charlottesville, Virginia Afton Nelson County, Virginia Area media coverage continues regarding the murder of retired Rockfish River Elementary School teacher's aide Opal Page.

LIVINGSTON - Two men charged with killing an elderly Afton woman last week appeared Wednesday afternoon via a closed-circuit monitor in Nelson County General District Court.

The medical examiner in the Opal Page murder case says the Afton woman was stabbed to death.

The Nelson County Sheriff's Office has arrested two people for the murder of Opal Page.