The Nelson County Planning Commission recommended approval at its Feb. 24 meeting of a special use permit for a Nelson County couple to build a public garage where automobiles would be stored on U.S. 29 in Arrington.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors got its first peek at the projected budget for 2010-11 fiscal year at a Feb. 25 meeting and is now waiting, like most other localities, to see what the Virginia General Assembly’s next budget move will be.

The Nelson County Planning Commission approved a plan for the second phase of construction to be completed at the Virginia Distillery Co. on Eades Lane near Lovingston, at a Feb. 24 meeting.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 at a Feb. 25 meeting to not accept nearly $1.7 million offered by the Department of Environmental Quality to extend public water and sewer lines from the intersection of Va. 56 and Va. 151 into Roseland.

A Schuyler man has been sentenced to serve five days in jail for stealing a donation jar for a man’s burial, but he is appealing the decision.

The Commonwealth’s 4 p.m. burning law went into effect last week, the start of spring fire season in Virginia.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors decided at its Feb. 16 meeting to wait for further information on funding before making a decision on whether or not to extend a public waterline from the intersection of Va. 151 and Va. 56 into Roseland to address groundwater contamination issues.

The Nelson County Public School system could see less state money in the budget than expected for the 2010-11 school year.

The Nelson County School Board decided last week to add 20 more minutes of class time to the end of every school day from now until the end of June to help make up the 13 school days Nelson County Public School students have missed so far this year due to weather and road conditions.

The first eater at the Piney River Volunteer Fire Department’s annual chitterling dinner fundraiser arrived about 9 a.m. Saturday, well ahead of the traditional noon starting time that heralds a six-hour feast.

Nelson County Public Schools students haven’t seen the inside of a classroom since January because of the snowy weather and icy roads that have plagued Nelson County for the past three weeks, making it the longest stretch of days that classes have been canceled for the past seven years.

The Nelson County School Board approved more cuts to the proposed 2010-11 budget, reducing the deficit from more than $900,000 to $883,000.

More than 14 families atop Afton Mountain regained access to the rest of the world Thursday, after authorities cleared several snow drifts along the Howardsville Turnpike.

Nelson County Schools could lose another $25,000 in state money if a proposal by Gov. Bob McDonnell goes through, numbers released this week from the state Department of Education show.

Virginia 151 in northern Nelson County near Afton was closed for more than an hour today after a tractor-trailer carrying more than 800 turkeys overturned on the rural highway.

More criminal charges have been filed against two Lovingston brothers who are accused of stealing at least seven vehicles from Nelson County residents on Jan. 29 during a storm that covered much of Central Virginia in more than 10 inches of snow.

The Nelson County Planning Commission recommended its approval to the Nelson County Board of Supervisors of a conditional use permit allowing the Shannon Farm Association to build one rustic style cabin on their property on Shannon Farm Lane in Afton at a Jan. 27 meeting.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to decide Feb. 16 whether to extend public water from the intersection of Va. 56 and Va. 151 into Roseland, a capital improvement project that could cost $9.3 million.

Two Lovingston brothers have been charged with more than a dozen felonies between them after authorities said they stole at least seven vehicles from Nelson County residents last Friday night during a winter storm that covered much of Central Virginia in more than 10 inches of snow.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to support the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission’s Regional Broadband Initiative at a Jan. 28 meeting.

At a budget work session last week, the Nelson County School Board cut its projected budget deficit for the 2010-11 school year by more than $150,000, reducing the funding shortfall from more than $1 million to $902,000.

Residents of Amherst and Nelson counties should be especially cautious while driving this morning.

The former treasurer of the Glenmore Community Association intends to plead guilty to embezzlement charges, his attorney said Monday.

The French clubs of Nelson County High School and Nelson County Middle School French are holding a two-week coin drive to help raise money for charitable organizations helping with the relief and recovery effort in earthquake-devastated Haiti.

A month’s-long project to bring more information to Nelson County tourists by providing them with a points of interest map is nearly complete.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors is a step closer to completing the sale of the former Rockfish Valley Elementary School to the Rockfish Valley Community Center for just under $17,000.