In a city where homeless people, drug addicts and healthy young men with squeegees compete on corners everywhere for tips and attention, it is still jarring to this old man to see women among them – in the hot sun or rain, begging.
Several Bolton Hill residents work every year to beautify and improve our neighborhood. Some of them work on a specific project or effort that merits special recognition, and at this year’s virtual BHCA membership meeting, they were recognized.
Most of us know the basics about recycling, like our neighborhood curbside collection is always on Fridays, unless a Friday is a holiday, when it’s picked up on Saturday.
It is hard to stay cheerful more than two months into the COVID-19 Maryland shutdown, especially if you are among the thousands who have lost love ones or employment or have had to shut down your business. We have tried here to construct a glass-half-full version of related events. Embrace it if you can.
Czech TV is likely to make a mini-series about my father, Karel Hasler, who was a leading Czech song writer, singer, actor and director before World War II.
St. Francis Neighborhood Center in nearby Reservoir Hill had plans for finishing out the current school year with after-school enrichment youth development programs for 75 children (ages 5 – 19, including 12 high schoolers) and support for their low-income families, while planning their annual summer camp.
A Bolton Hill task force has been formed to address the incoming project BGE has labelled “Operation Pipeline.”
Life changed overnight. As a mental health professional, my concern was not only for the educational implications but also the social-emotional challenges this would present.
Children in three age categories — 0 to 5, 6 to 11 and 12 to 15 — are invited to draw a poster that explains what they like about the neighborhood where they live, and post it on their front door or window.
