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Browse> Home / News , Top Story , twitter / Wintergreen Nature Foundation's Festival Of Trees Begins : 11.21.09 Photos By Paul Purpura : ©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : TWNF Festival of Trees kicked off Saturday morning at Wintergreen.

Browse> Home / News , Top Story , twitter / Happy 1st Birthday! Devils Backbone Brewing Company : 11.19.09 ©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Folks piled into DBBC Thursday night to celebrate the one year anniversary.

An Amherst County man was killed along Va. 56 in Nelson County last week when he was hit by a tractor-trailer truck carrying logs.

A Meals on Wheels program for Amherst and Nelson counties is seeking clients who could use a hot meal, as well as volunteers to help deliver them.

A month after the Nelson County Board of Supervisors adopted policies for naming county-owned public facilities and state-maintained roads, highways and bridges, they approved the first such request -- to name a half-mile portion of Virginia 151 after a Nelson County Marine who died in Iraq.

Browse> Home / Top Story , twitter / Rainy, Sometimes Snowy & Icy Weather Coming To An End Soon : 11.13.09 Photo By Tommy Stafford : ©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Water races down off the mountains filling creeks like this one running under Route 151 in Nellysford, Virginia.

Browse> Home / News , Top Story , twitter / Blue Skies Return To Nelson! : 11.14.09 {hoto By Tommy Stafford : ©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : After days and days of rain, sunshine and blue skies returrned to Nelson County, VA Saturday afternoon.

A dance born halfway around the world, and characterized by colorful, swinging skirts, heel stomping, hand clapping and classical guitars, has made its way into Nelson County.

An Amherst County man was killed along Route 56 in Nelson County early today when he was hit by a tractor-trailer carrying logs.

Three people have died in crashes during this nor'easter. Police said 26-year-old Amy Pippin of Smithfield tried to pass a vehicle on Route 258 in Isle of Wight County and hit a tractor-trailer head-on, killing her and seriously injuring her 6-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son.

Amherst County will celebrate the 45th anniversary of its first library on Saturday, which was heralded back in the day with a 1,000-strong audience and 1,000 books checked out from among the 14,000 volumes.

The Local Food Hub, a nonprofit organization that delivers fresh produce from local farmers to local retailers, distributors and institutions, donated more than 700 pounds of sweet and red potatoes to the Nelson Food Pantry last week.

In the only local contested race in Nelson County, Democratic incumbent Connie Brennan won the Central District seat on the Nelson County Board of Supervisors.

A 2,000-plus acre farm in Nelson County valued at $15.5 million filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, a day before it was scheduled to go up for public auction on the steps of the Lovingston courthouse.

Interest is still on the rise for the formation of a new Lions Club in Nelson County, and a little more than a month after its first meeting the group already has more than enough members to become a charter club.

Fewer Nelson County voters turned out on election day this year, compared to last year's record-setting balloting, but some precincts were busier than others.

Connie Brennan arrives at the rescue squad in Faber to cast her vote. Brennan is seeking her third term on the Nelson County Board of Supervisors.

Browse> Home / Top Story / Nelson Native & Walton's Creator, Earl Hamner, Here Next Week! : 10.30.09 ©2007-2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Earl Hamner during his last visit to the Afton, Virginia theater named in his honor.

Browse> Home / Events / MountainSide Petting Farm Trick-or-Treat : 10.31.09 : 5-7 PM Help the headless horseman find his head again this year! Afton Nelson County, Virginia MountainSide Petting Farm Trick-or-Treat . Roam the petting farm for a howling good time.

Nelson County native, best-selling author and creator of the iconic television show "The Waltons," Earl Hamner Jr.