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Enrollment bumps up as MICA approaches 200th anniversary
November 2025
MICA is kicking off a year-long bicentennial anniversary celebration in January as it comes out of the doldrums of the COVID pandemic. The pandemic hurt enrollment and the school’s finances, and reduced international student enrollment. Meanwhile, enrollment for the 2025-26 school year is up.
Despite BHCA opposition, city council passes zoning changes
November 2025
The City Council has passed four of the five housing bills on this year’s agenda, and the fifth is likely to pass this week or next. One of these bills doesn’t affect us, two are good, and two are likely to cause trouble in the coming years.
Midtown Academy’s new director leads school’s planning for growth
November 2025
Sarah Ceponis is Midtown Academy’s new executive director – charged with leading the public charter school at Mt. Royal Avenue near W. Lafayette St. through a broad planning process that will include building updates and, potentially, an expansion beyond Bolton Hill.
Notice a change in the MICA railroad station clock tower?
November 2025
The Mt. Royal Station clock tower, after more than a century, has a new look. This past summer, MICA implemented the Safe Haven Clock Tower project as part of its Beacons of Light initiative.
BHCA names working group to sort out State Center developments
November 2025
BHCA President Lee Tawney named Beth Brenner, Jeff Thompson, Charlie Duff, Davin Hong and Sallye Perrin to a neighborhood State Center Working Group to keep tabs on the sometimes confusing and conflicting plans for the soon-empty campus of public buildings just south of Bolton Hill.
Artist of the Month: Office parks as art: Mark Luthringer’s photographic obsession
November 2025
Bolton Hill resident Mark Luthringer is a photographer, painter, and writer who is busy documenting the world in which we live in a most unique and engaging way. His body of work consists of a string of projects that are commentaries on our times, focusing mainly on the human-made landscapes of American suburbia.
City has plans for fishing and entertainment venues at Druid Park Lake
November 2025
Although it has been decades in the making, the city wants you to know that there is a planning process at work around future development of Druid Hill Park Lake, although no end date is yet in view.
What’s the oldest house in Bolton Hill?
November 2025
What’s the oldest house in Bolton Hill? Most sources will tell you it’s the cottage at the northwest corner of Lanvale and Bolton streets, but those claims may not have been entirely accurate.
Bolton Hill Notes
November 2025
🤸 Mt. Royal Playground redesign needs your input 🤸
💡 Free street lighting available from Safety Committee 💡
🥫 Drop off Food Bank donations at Memorial Episcopal today 🥫
🏊 Swimming lessons at Callowhill indoor pool 🏊
