The Dale/Rexall magic may never return
Comic books, soda fountains, baseball cards, camaraderie. Where did the “drugstore” scene go?
When Locust Street laid eggs
Meet Cabral’s Farm, now called Sparhawk Drive.
Straight shooting about Nike missiles
Burlington prepared daily for a Soviet airstrike that never came.
For kid fun, Rahanis Farm > Rahanis Park
Meet Stylianos Rahanis. A shame you’ll never meet his farmhouse.
The man who put the town on wheels
Many, many childhood adventures began with George Neilsen.
You missed your chance to buy tra-la-la
Six-wheel-drive runabouts from the Banana Splits show were available right here.
Muller Road’s last stand
The little abandoned garage, razed for the Holly Glen neighborhood, had a story behind it.
Surprise! — your home was a tavern
The Grey Squirrel barroom is well-disguised, but the spirits live on.
Flying Saucer: unidentified frying objects
This wasn’t a family venue. It was Burlington’s de facto truck stop.
Killing the Sawmill rumor mill
Long, shady roads to nowhere tend to stoke our collective imagination.