Our Third Annual Bolton Hill Community Potluck will be held on Saturday, June 27, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Sumpter Park. The bounce house will be back for the kids, along with lots of bubbles, and we can’t forget about the pony rides!
Bolton Hill Nursery has an imaginative new outdoor classroom and “playscape” for its children – a collaboration between the historic neighborhood nursery school and childcare facility and a little-known program within city government.
Meet Jacori Burke, recently assigned as the director at Mt. Royal Recreation Center. He “grew up” in Baltimore City’s rec center system and brings a wealth of experience on what a neighborhood rec center can provide it’s neighborhoods.
“Community. It’s more than a word; it’s a feeling that overwhelms when people choose to spend their valuable time to help.” That’s what Mt. Royal Elementary/Middle School Principal Steve Skeen said after he sent out a cry for help with shoveling snow after Baltimore City Public Schools announced the end of snow days and re-opening the schools.
Let’s say you were a young Bolton Hill couple expecting a baby when plans to reconstruct Druid Lake first came into view. By now, if all went to plan, your child could be about to finish college.
The Bolton Hill area now has a new way to share food, reduce waste and strengthen community care. Bmore Community Fridge Network (BCFN) has opened a community fridge and pantry at Woofotel, a pet care facility located at 863 N. Howard St. The fridge is open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., making it the closest and most accessible location to Bolton Hill.
Nearly every autumn since 1965, Bolton Hill neighbors have gathered for an all-day celebration, our Festival on the Hill. Held in the 1300 block of Bolton Street and the 200 block of W. Lanvale Street, the festival offers food, crafts and activities for folks of all ages. It benefits those neighborhood organizations that sponsor booths. This year, the Oct. 4 event’s additional proceeds will support the neighborhood Arts in the Parks music program.
After more than half a century in the neighborhood, Estep Brothers Funeral Home has put its historic Eutaw Place location on the market for sale. “The building, not the business, is for sale,” said Jonathan Hibner, who is the funeral home’s director. He said a continuous and seemingly insoluble parking limitation is behind the decision to try to sell after half a century at the corner of Eutaw and West Lanvale St., on Bolton Hill’s southwest corner.
Bolton Hill’s newest food establishment – a Mexican grill akin to Chipotle – will open in the Sav-a-Lot strip mall on McMechen Street this fall. It’s the latest addition to the neighborhood from the Ranjha family of Ellicott City that bought Maryland Sav-a-Lot grocery outlets nearly four years ago.
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.
