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News Alert : Nelson : Afton : Crews Work Fully Involved House Fire : Updated 6PM
Photo courtesy of Linda Mawyer : Fire crews are on the scene of this fully involved house fire just off 151 in Greenfield / Afton near Paulie’s Pig Out – March 3, 2017Greenfield / Afton Nelson County,...
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Albemarle : Afton – TEMPORARY SIGNAL BEING INSTALLED AT ROUTE 250/151
©2017 Blue Ridge Life Magazine : Photo By Tommy Stafford : In this file photo a semi truck makes a right hand turn from Route 250 onto Route 151 just north of the Nelson County line. Afton Albemarle...
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Nelson : Greenfield / Afton : Free Shed Reopens
©2017 Blue Ridge Life Magazine : Photo By Yvette Stafford : The Re-Use, or Free Shed as it’s often called, at the recycle center in Greenfield has reopened as seen in this photo taken on Friday – March...
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VDOT : Area Road Improvement Projects Well Underway
©2017 Blue Ridge Life Magazine : Photo By Yvette Stafford : A school bus driver waits to make a turn at the intersection of Route 635 (School House Lane) and Route 151 in Greenfield of Nelson County....
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Afton : Skyline Drug Task Force Arrests Three Area Residents For Marijuana...
Augusta & Nelson County, Virginia Investigation Leads Task Force to Indoor Marijuana Growing Operation Release sent Via Virginia State Police Richmond “Three people have been arrested on various...
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Nelson : Perfect Launch Of Inaugural Rockfish River Elementary Earth Day 5K &...
Photo by Lina Greenwood : A youngster sprints to the finish line at the very first RRES Earth Day 5K & Fun Run held this past Saturday – April 22, 2017. Afton Nelson County, Virginia It looked like...
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Band Fair 2017 Held This Past Weekend At Cardinal Point To Benefit North...
Photos By Jenn Rhubright : Rob Mezzanotte of Afton was just one of many musicians performing this past weekend at Cardinal Point Vineyard & Winery as part of Band Fair 2017. It’s an annual...
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Rockfish Gap Turnpike : Tree Trimming Will Close One Lane On Westbound Route 250
Afton Mountain Route 250 – Rockfish Gap Turnpike Albemarle County, Virginia Motorists should use caution approaching work zone, expect delays Next week, (July 31 – August 4th) motorists should plan...
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Afton : Valley Road Vineyards Is Newest Member Of Our BRL WeatherNow Network
Above is a screen capture of the Tuesday afternoon readings from our newest member of the BRL Weathernow Network. Valley Road Vineyards in Afton went live earlier this week. Afton Nelson County,...
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Afton : Blue Mountain Gets Best Brewery Award From VRLTA
Photo courtesy of VRLTA : Above Matt Nucci – far left – along with Mandi Smack and Taylor Smack co-owners and founders of Blue Mountain Brewery receive their Best Brewery award from The Virginia...
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Nelson: Afton : Blue Mountain Brewery Celebrates 10 Years!
©2007-2017 Blue Ridge Life Magazine : Photos By Tommy Stafford : The early days. Co-Founders Matt Nucci, Mandi Smack and Taylor Smack stand in front of what was the original bar at Blue Mountain...
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Foster Fuels Brings Out The Big Truck For Rockfish River Elementary School’s...
Donald Bell with Foster Fuels’ Lovingston office recently showed students at Rockfish River Elementary all about his job and how the big delivery truck operates. It was part of Community Workers Day...
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Area Businesses Setup Drop Locations For Annual Christmas Toy Drive
Nelson County, Virginia Many local businesses are acting as drop points for the annual Toy Drive coordinated through the Rockfish Valley Volunteer Fire Department in Afton. They’re asking people to...
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Nelson : Rockfish River Elementary School Earth Day 5K & Family Fun Run Set...
Photo courtesy of Rockfish River Elementary School Earth Day 5K and Family Fun Run. Afton Nelson County, Virginia The final touches are being put on the April 14th Rockfish River Elementary School...
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Nelson : Afton / Piney River : Before All Of the Storms It Was A Beautiful...
The Saturday before all of the destructive storms the next day it was a beautiful for the annual Rockfish River Elemenraty Earth Day 5K and Fun Run. It was also perfect weather for the annual Piney...
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Nelson : Afton : Document Destruction Day
©2018 Blue Ridge Life Magazine : Folks line up and unload their old documents to be destoyed as part of Document Destruction Day this past Saturday – June 16, 2018. The event held on the parking lot of...
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NEWS ALERT : Fatal Shooting in Afton – VSP Releases ID Of Victim & Other...
©2018 Blue Ridge Life Magazine : Use must include credit : By Yvette Stafford : Officers draw their guns and order someone out of a car at the scene of a fatal shooting Sunday morning in Afton,...
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Nelson : Afton : Two Vehicle Accident Snarls Traffic on Route 151 (Update...
Photo Donna Toms : Motorists help passengers involved in a two vehicle accident Saturday afternoon on Route 151 in Nelson near Mill Lane. Afton Route 151 Near Mill Lane Nelson County, Virginia NELSON...
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News Alert : Nelson : Jackknifed Semi Partially Blocks Route 151 in Afton...
Photos By John & Nancy Hellerman : ©2019 Blue Ridge Magazine : A jackknifed semi rig is just one of many accidents that have been happening acorss the area after a wintry mix of ice and snow hit...
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Afton : Crews Battle Fire At Storage Shed
Area fire crews responded to this fire off of Devlin Road in Afton late Saturday afternoon. That’s near Fox Hollow. The structure fire was some sort of a storage shed. October 5, 2019 Afton Nelson...
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