The Nelson County School Board will hold a preliminary hearing at 6 p.m. Nov. 13 on the 2009-2010 operational budget, at the Nelson Middle School Library.

A Lovingston man was found guilty on Nov. 5 in the Nelson County General District Court of possession of less than a half-ounce of marijuana with intent to distribute, a case that stemmed from an August arrest in which Nelson County sheriff’s deputies found more than a pound of suspected methamphetamine at his residence.

Nearly 76 percent of the 10,722 registered voters in Nelson County cast ballots in the Nov. 4 presidential election.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7701 in Colleen will hold its annual dinner at 5 p.m. Sunday at the post on Va. 655 in Colleen.

Researchers at the University of Virginia are beginning to test a medication they say may treat college-age adults who are genetically predisposed to binge drinking.

A team of three consultants from a California company will shadow investigators from the Department of Justice when they come to the Central Virginia Training Center in Madison Heights this month.

For almost 25 years, Margaret Morton has been helping families in Nelson County.

The Nelson County Public Schools system was presented with four $500 educational grants from Tiger Fuel Company of Lovingston this week.

Nearly half of registered voters at Nelson County precincts had turned out to cast ballots by midday, virtually ensuring that most would turn out by the end of the day.

Saturday is the monthly “bag day” clothing sale at the non-profit Treasure Chest Thrift Store at the Rockfish Valley Community Center.

When the rainfall deficit in the region drops to 13.5 inches below normal, most city water customers know what is happening. The Pedlar Reservoir is dropping to abnormally low levels for this time of year, a time when the reservoir should be storing up water to offset the effects of the summer drought. At the same time, Lynchburg has to pump more water from the James River to make up for that rainfall deficit.

After the fourth traffic fatality in slightly more than a month last year, a group of residents along Virginia 151 in Nelson County decided that was enough.

How could mass transit improvements help the flow of traffic on U.S. 29 through Charlottesville? If that sounds like a convoluted question, it is.

In less than a week, in addition to electing a new president and U.S. senator, voters in Nelson County also will be be casting ballots for a members of the House of Representatives. 

It’s a pathetic — but predictable — part of every political campaign season. Some small-minded people who disagree with a candidate’s yard sign deface it — or worse, steal it altogether.

Nelson weddings for week of July 31, 2008

The Nelson girls basketball team features just four returning players and a new head coach, Debbie Whitmore.

Nelson’s season came to an end at the hands of Wilson Memorial in the Region B semifinal match Nov. 6 in Fishersville.

Polling places around the region are seeing heavy voter turnout today. Follow Election Day coverage live online.

For up-to-the-minute news about local balloting, the turnout and election results Tuesday in Amherst County/Nelson County, we will be visiting polling places and talking with voters and officials and writing what we find on a Web log.

Check out what we find all day and into the night at www.newsadvance.com.

To tell us what you see, e-mail us at /smarshall@nelsoncountytimes.com.

Nelson County Animal Control Officers are still investigating the attack of an 11-year old Tye River girl on Oct. 12 by five pit bull- and Chihuahua-mix puppies while she was jogging along Walkers Mountain Road in Arrington.