Volume 52 • Number 5
After a nerve-wracking year of looking for alternatives, the leaders of Midtown Academy last month breathed a sigh of relief and announced that the public charter school will remain at its Bolton Hill location for another couple of years.
When the leadership of our association chose to change the name from the Mount Royal Improvement Association to Bolton Hill Community Association in 2018, it was about much more than changing some words. It was a recognition of what had happened in the past with an eye to the future. With that refocused foundation, we have been and will continue to partner with Madison Park, Marble Hill and Reservoir Hill to enhance the quality of life for our greater neighborhood.
On April 14 the Archdiocese of Baltimore unveiled its “Seek the City to Come” proposal which seeks to reimagine the Catholic Church’s ministry and reorganize Roman Catholic parishes across Baltimore City. The proposal would consolidate 61 parishes down to 21. Among those facing potential closure is the 144-year-old Corpus Christi parish, situated at the corner of Mt. Royal and West Lafayette Aves.
Dr. William Noel, 58, a former Bolton Hill resident and a distinguished scholar, was hit by a van and killed on April 10 while walking along a road in Edinburgh, Scotland. He directed the Archimedes Palimpsest Project, an international collaboration to conserve, image and study the erased texts lying beneath a 13th century prayer book. He also pioneered the presentation of machine-readable, openly licensed datasets of digitized illuminated medieval manuscripts at The Walters Art Museum.
The refreshed strip mall on McMechen Street just east of Eutaw Place has a brand-new business – a laundromat with sparkling new equipment that provides drop-off wash, dry and fold services as well as self-service.
Bolton Hill Nursery has appointed a new executive director, Christy Barnes-Toprac, who started her new role in March. Christy has a long-standing relationship with BHN. She served as a teacher and assistant director from 2009-2017 before moving to Austin to become program coordinator for UTeach Fine Arts at the University of Texas.
The Rev. Dr. Alvin Hathaway has for several years now been leading an initiative to convert the historic PS 103 school in nearby Upton into an educational and empowerment center for West Baltimore.
The Organ Historical Society will present its 2024 annual convention in Baltimore July 20-26, with programs and organ concerts around the city and in Bolton Hill.
🌱 Plant your garden now, win neighborhood recognition in September 🌱
🍻 The Brass Tap craft beer pub to host fundraiser 🍻
🚄 Neighbors threaten legal action to change Amtrak tunnel plans. 🚄
