As Nelson County’s voter registrar for the past 14 years, Lisa Wooten has seen some strange things.

A week before the opening of Devil’s Backbone Brewery in Glen Mary, fireplaces were getting the finishing touches, brown paper still covered the copper-topped bar and the brewing kettles were getting a fresh polish.

The Virginia Department of Transportation lowered the speed limit last month along nearly two miles of Virginia 151 near Nellysford from 55 miles per hour to 45 mph.

Nelson County High School Advanced Drama students placed second in the Virginia High School League One Act Regional Play Competition on Nov. 15 for their rendition of the play “Of Widows and Vegetables.”

The pace of homebuilding in Albemarle has slowed to a crawl. In the third quarter of 2008, the county issued the fewest building permits for residential units in four years. 

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.

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

The Nelson County High School National FFA Organization team placed sixth out of 35 states in the agronomy career development event at the 81st national FFA convention.

The annual Nelson County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade will be at 3 p.m. Dec. 7, beginning at the southern end of the village of Lovingston, traveling on Front Street and ending at the Packing Shed, where Santa will receive visitors.

A year ago, two vehicle accidents killed four people on Va. 151 in Nelson County, making it the deadliest year for motorists on the road in a decade. Alarming as the deaths were, the accidents galvanized the community to begin to make changes on the 18-mile scenic byway that runs from Va. 833 near Brent’s Gap to Va. 250 near Avon, to make it safer.

If the students, faculty and staff from Nelson County High School ran the United States of America, Barack Obama would be the next president. In a mock election held at the high school Oct. 23 by Social Studies teacher Jeannette Kinde, Obama beat out John McCain by 212 votes.

Just a few weeks ago, Pete Bishop, 74, was injured when he fell at his home in Afton. After the fall, the Bishops decided to invest $60 in a personal emergency dialer for their home. Vera Bishop, works outside of the home in Waynesboro, and said the price of the dialer was worth it.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors will schedule another public hearing for an application to rezone a little more than one acre of land in Afton for the brother of one of the board’s members.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors decided Oct. 14 to make an offer to buy a parcel of land in the Faber area for a manned solid waste collection site and put their consideration of another parcel of land in the Schuyler area on hold.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 14 deferred their decision on a member of their board’s application to rezone property in Afton from residential to business until they could consult with the county attorney. 

Two vehicle accidents killed four people last year on the 18-mile stretch of Virginia 151 in Nelson County that extends from Virginia 833 near Brent’s Gap to U.S. 250 near Avon, making it the deadliest year along this road in a decade.

TV viewers are seeing shady on-screen images of Rep. Virgil Goode’s Democratic opponent, Tom Perriello, a sure sign that the six-term incumbent sees this November’s race as competitive. 

Maybe it was destiny. Maybe it was simply hard work paying off. Or maybe it was just the fact that Oct. 3 was “Governor’s Day” at the Virginia State Fair. 

Five days before the last day to register to vote in Virginia, Nelson County Registrar Lisa Wooten was setting up camp in the Nelson County High School cafeteria. 

The reported Sept. 29 kidnapping and carjacking of a Waynesboro man along Virginia 6 in Nelson County is still being investigated by the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors abandoned several streets and alleys not in the state highway system that surround the courthouse square at their Sept. 25 meeting.