Pandemic will not stop Halloween celebration
On Saturday, Oct. 31st from 3 – 5 p.m., Sumpter Park will transition into a parade route for costumes of all ages.
October 2020
Volume XLVIII • Number 6
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McMechen Street repaving could start in a few days
The long-awaited resurfacing of McMechen Street between Mt. Royal Avenue and Bolton Street may be completed by the end of October, according to a city official.
Three residents lead survey of neighborhood parks
Beginning in July, Neal Friedlander, Doug Kelso and Lee Tawney undertook a census of the neighborhood parks and gardens and are doing an update to the city survey of tree wells, the spaces alongside sidewalks where trees exist.
Will residential recycling pickup resume in November?
After a month of spotty and missed pickups in our part of town, the Department of Public Works on Aug. 31 suspended the collection of recycling materials in residential neighborhoods citywide, citing absenteeism because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are ways to support our community during this continuing crisis
After eight months of pandemic, we all yearn to see better days return. Then thoughts turn to the question, “What can I do to help now?” Start at home by supporting the organizations that serve our community. And as with all non-profits these days, they need our support this fall more than ever.
Imagining the opening of Madison Park North, someday
Close your eyes and imagine, just across North Avenue, a newly built development bordering on Bolton Hill and Reservoir Hill that could include several hundred market rate and affordable apartments and town houses, a grocery store and other retail, a health care facility and possibly some sort of innovation hub to help young entrepreneurs get started.
Midtown District to elect board, hold town hall
The Midtown Community Benefits District holds its Fall Town Hall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. to update everyone on organization projects and goals.
Midtown bulk trash pickups are available once more
Midtown Community Benefits Association leadership say they have restored most of the services that were interrupted last spring by the pandemic.
Water rates are going up, again
Your water billing rate went up 10 percent two weeks ago, the second 10 percent bump in a year, with another scheduled. According to the Baltimore Brew, it was the 20th rate increase in 21 years.
The late classical piano virtuoso Leon Fleisher lived in Bolton Hill
Leon Fleisher, a leading American pianist in the 1950s and early ’60s who was forced by an injury to his right hand to channel his career into conducting, teaching and mastering the left-hand repertoire, died in August at a nearby hospice.