BECOME A BHCA MEMBER TODAY! It’s easy to become a BHCA member by paying your dues here to support BHCA events and activities that enhance the Bolton Hill community.
Make a greening grant proposal to beautify Bolton Hill! Between now and March 1, 2025, make a pitch to improve a public green space. Details on the Bolton Hill Garden Club website.
State legislators meet, entering difficult session in Annapolis
January 2025
When I was a kid growing up in Austin and the Texas Legislature assembled for its biennial meeting, neighbors used to joke about “locking up our women, children and pets” to fend off the depredations of the hard-partying parttime legislators.
It’s time to renew BHCA memberships; new members don’t have to pay
January 2025
BHCA has decided to broaden the mailing list for the Bolton Hill Bulletin to include all neighborhood residents, students, retirees and others who are not yet dues-paying members. But after a healthy debate about the proposed recommendations, the association board voted not to eliminate free first-year membership for new members.
What’s it like as a first responder at our nearby Smokestack Hardy Fire Station?
January 2025
Bolton Hill is served by Baltimore City’s Smokestack Hardy Fire Station, just a few blocks west of Eutaw Place at 405 McMechen St. If you live near McMechen, you surely have heard the sirens. Ever wonder about the guys who serve on those trucks and what their jobs are like? Casey Novak, a third generation firefighter who leads the engine company, answered questions.
The Tilted Row wants Bolton Hill to know about its new look and feel
January 2025
Located at the corner of Eutaw Place and McMechen Street, at the ground level for the Jordan Apartments, The Tilted Row opened for business shortly before the pandemic shut down businesses across the country and left the hospitality industry reeling. The pandemic changed eating and going-out patterns for many families, leading scores of restaurants to permanently close in Baltimore and around Maryland.
Zac Blanchard is Bolton Hill south’s new city council member
January 2025
When new 11th District city council member Zac Blanchard took his oath of office on Dec. 5, he quickly discovered that his assigned office in the main city hall building would not house his authorized staff. Then he learned that his offer to a man whom he wanted as his legislative director had been screwed up by the city’s personnel office.
New beginnings at Bolton Hill Grocery: meet the owners
January 2025
After 33 years of dedicated ownership ended in July, Bolton Hill Grocery (BHG) has embarked on an exciting chapter under its new owners, Ajay Kumar Pradhan and his wife, Manisha. Hailing from Owings Mills, Ajay comes from a background in the private sector but has always harbored a passion for entrepreneurship. That passion led him on a search for the perfect venture—and it brought him to Bolton Hill Grocery.
Is 2025 your year to master tai chi?
January 2025
Is that you in the picture? Well, perhaps it could be. Bolton Hill resident Reed Perry teaches free tai chi classes each Monday at 6:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church – and neighbors are invited.
Bolton Hill Notes
January 2025
🪴Garden club offers grants for neighborhood greening 🌟 Gray Panthers look to celebrate “Golden” Bolton Hill residents🚦WNADA installing traffic tracking technology on North Avenue ☑️ City finalizes removal of Marbury marker 🗂️ You likely can file your taxes for free this year
