BHS Class of 1971 pulls off a rock concert with The Grass Roots
On February 17, 1970, 1,500 kids attended a rock concert in our high school gym. The Grass Roots played a 60-minute set. Now where’s that broken drumstick?
50 years ago this month, August edition
Burlington man shot dead in Tewksbury.
We rejected a “Beacon Village” behind St. Margaret’s in ’67
But we allowed Beacon Village just afterward.
We rejected greyound racing in ’46
Proposal fell just 55 votes short at a raucous Town Meeting
1957 phone book plucked from the abyss
Phone books are the dullest documents ever — but not when they’re 61 years old.
50 years ago this month, July edition
A mall grand opening. And, unfortunately, a murder.
One small town helped “one small step”
RCA in Burlington was instrumental, literally, in getting men to the moon.
St. Margaret’s began humbly in a frigid barn
It was so cold, the priest could barely hold the Holy Eucharist.
50 years ago this month, June edition
Burlington’s first bank robbery?
Behind the stone walls of this “Little House”
Kent Cottage might be Burlington’s loneliest house. Who will adopt it?