ROANOKE — Jeannie Brown feels trapped in her own home.
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Jeannie Brown filed a federal lawsuit over restrictions placed on her by the Hunting Hills Place Homeowners Association.
HEATHER ROUSSEAU, The Roanoke Times
Jeannie Brown goes through documents from a lawsuit she's filed against the Hunting Hills Place Homeowners Association.
HEATHER ROUSSEAU, The Roanoke Times
Jeannie Brown and her husband, Tony Sheen enjoy their dog, Caymus in their townhouse in Hunting Hills Place. The couple decided they needed to move to a one-story house, as Brown’s mobility deteriorated with her multiple sclerosis, making it challenging to move up and down the stairs. But that’s become an issue after a situation evolved in Hunting Hills.
HEATHER ROUSSEAU, The Roanoke TimesSeveral longtime residents of an older townhouse community in North Stafford, Virginia, feel they’re being forced to comply with a homeowner’s association they don’t want any part of.
- Masaaki Okada
05-17-1975 (cutline): Busch League Racers Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. and Mrs. August Busch III start in the lead car around the LeMans track at the French Village of the Busch Gardens Old Country at Williamsburg. The governor, Busch executives, and government officials took part in the official dedication of the new park yesterday.
- Gary Burns
10-20-1974 (cutline): Several exterior sections were rushed to completion to be filmed. Commercials were done at site in mid-October. Busch Gardens Williamsburg received its first national advertising exposure on Thanksgiving evening on the NBC television network.
Busch Gardens from the archives
Busch Gardens opened in Williamsburg in May 1975. On May 16, 1975, more than 6,000 guests visitors led by Governor Mills E. Godwin Jr. and television personality Ed McMahon, dedicated and officially opened “The Old Country at Busch Gardens.”
The park held its weekend opening a week earlier on May 10 and 11, with 31,000 people in attendance. Busch Gardens’ officials waited a week to have the formal opening ceremonies to launch their third park in the U.S.
- Masaaki Okada
05-17-1975 (cutline): Busch League Racers Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. and Mrs. August Busch III start in the lead car around the LeMans track at the French Village of the Busch Gardens Old Country at Williamsburg. The governor, Busch executives, and government officials took part in the official dedication of the new park yesterday.
- Gary Burns
10-20-1974: Castle at Busch Gardens under construction.
- Gary Burns
10-11-1974 (cutline): Busch Gardens developers post a sign showing ecology consciousness.
- Gary Burns
07-13-1980: New construction at Busch Gardens.
- Gary Burns
07-08-1980: New construction at Busch Gardens.
- Gary Burns
10-20-1974 (cutline): The sign says it all: Williamsburg's Busch Gardens Project is still on target.
- Gary Burns
10-20-1974 (cutline): Several exterior sections were rushed to completion to be filmed. Commercials were done at site in mid-October. Busch Gardens Williamsburg received its first national advertising exposure on Thanksgiving evening on the NBC television network.
- Times-Dispatch
04-02-1974 (cutline): Archways will form base of tower structure in French section of Busch Gardens at Williamsburg. Buildings will reflect appearance of typical village during the 17th century in Europe.
- Bruce Parker
06-27-1984 (cutline): Charlie Dean makes a close inspection of the Big Bad Wolf ride at Busch Gardens.
- Gary Burns
07-13-1980: Busch Gardens Williamsburg rides.
- Carl Lynn
05-11-1975 (cutline): A dozen visitors to Old Country took a fast-paced ride.
