As we celebrate the passing of the old and the birth of new, take time to reflect on our good fortune in Bolton Hill. We live in a real community that provides a web of friendship and support to its residents. This is far too rare.
As we celebrate the passing of the old, and the birth of new, take time to reflect on our good fortune in Bolton Hill. We live in a real community that provides a web of friendship and support to its residents. This is rare.
A community of refugees from Afghanistan, brought to this country after the U.S. military withdrawal in 2021, is living in Reservoir Hill just a short walk north between Bolton Hill and Druid Hill Park. They will display and sell handmade items on March 5 at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Samaritan Community is a proud member of the Bolton Hill community. Located in the basement of Memorial Episcopal Church, we are an independent 501c(3) human services non-profit. Our mission is to aid individuals and families who are in crisis and want to improve their lives.
In my remarks at the May BHCA membership meeting, I referred to the “ring theory,” coined by Marc Dunkelman in a book called The Vanishing Neighbor.
In her day job, Katia Pokhodnya works from her Bolton Hill home for the Securities and Exchange Commission. She responds to whistleblowers – sometimes brave, aggrieved men and women willing to report corporate wrongdoing or fraud.
After 40 years of living and activism in Bolton Hill, John Kyle and his husband Peter Satten are moving out of their Park Avenue townhouse and down-sizing to a smaller residence in north Roland Park.
A group of neighbors led by Samantha Ritter is organizing to support refugee families arriving to Baltimore.
North Avenue Mission, a short walk east of Bolton Hill in Station North, calls itself a fellowship – of the unhoused and formerly unhoused; people who are food and housing insecure; those who use drugs or are in recovery; people of faith, no faith and different faiths; some with disabilities or mental illness; and a cadre of friends, neighbors and supporters.
Every spring for the past 10+ years, several Bolton Hillers have been participating in the annual Ride for the Feast as part of the Rebels with a Cause team.
