The unique performance of The Sound of Music in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains is making the news.

The kids and parents are in agreement: The wooden swing sets made of branches, a huge sandbox pit, large rocks, a mud kitchen, and a creek to play in (and more) on Route 151 are all awesome.

Besides fundraising, management, and attracting, "world-class professional musicians from symphony orchestras and chamber music groups across the country, " there is also attention given to improving facilities and venues.

“To enhance the social, energetic and intellectually stimulating atmosphere that is unique to Wintergreen,” the resort says it is moving toward creating a “Wintergreen Speaker Series.”

A potential “end run” coming from the those wanting to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline at the mountain entrance of Wintergreen would “circumvent legislative due process regarding private companies using our national forests for their gain,” according to a July 23rd letter to property owners in the resort community from the board of directors of the Wintergreen Property Owners Association.

Virginia will be the 15th state in the nation to establish an office or task force dedicated to strengthening the outdoor industry, and the third on the East Coast.

The 2019 summer music festival’s primary performance space is still on the mountain, but it has moved to a more convenient location.

Discovery Ridge Adventure Center is getting a complete facelift with new attractions, and Lake Monocan’s offerings have been expanded and improved.

It’s estimated that 300,000 people contract Lyme every year in the U.S., with victims found not just in traditionally tick-heavy areas like upstate New York and Maine, but also in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

All five Pacific Group Resorts, Inc. resorts have signed on for the ski industry’s effort to promote sustainable slopes.

During the last week of June a new warning siren system for both the mountain and the valley will be tested. The first tests are scheduled for Wednesday morning, June 26, after 10 am.

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Wintergreen’s professionals & volunteers won three major awards from the region’s Emergency Medical Service coordinating council.

In a nutshell, the Virginia law regarding grilling on the decks and patios of condominiums says “nope.”

A high-quality asphalt road surface on Monocan Drive from Hunters Point to where it ends at Rodes Valley Drive, and also Stoney Creek West from Monocan Drive to Black Walnut Drive is now in place.

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Before the end of this year, most property owners and businesses at Wintergreen will be able to choose between two providers providing speeds up to 1,000 Mbps, making Wintergreen somewhat unique.

Everyone is invited to join the fun Mondays through Thursdays, 12:30-2 pm for groups of four; no resort membership is needed.

In the 2018-2019 fiscal year budget, the service authority board approved a 5 percent sewer rate increase to pay for the future Wintergreen Wastewater Treatment Plant project, but it was never implemented because it was too early in the project to justify raising customers’ rates.

VDOT confirms that the steep and twisting part of Route 664 in Augusta County attached to the Blue Ridge Parkway will finally be repaved this summer.