Exploring the Peninsula’s Historic Black Community
For many peninsula residents, Sharp-Leadenhall is the small neighborhood they pass through on their way to M&T Stadium or Camden Yards that features a sign proclaiming, “Sharp-Leadenhall Historic Community.” The sign, though, understates Sharp-Leadenhall’s significance. The roots of the community go back more than 225 years and extended beyond Sharp-Leadenhall’s boundaries today of Hill Street … Continue reading Exploring the Peninsula’s Historic Black Community →
Santas Ride in SoBo Double-Header
For a second pandemic year, Santa and his helpers took to the streets across South Baltimore to spread some holiday joy while residents gathered safely social-distanced outside. Santa rode a two-horse open sleigh on Friday, December 17, through several neighborhoods, from Southside Marketplace on E. Fort Avenue through Riverside and west as far as S. … Continue reading Santas Ride in SoBo Double-Header →
Guide to SoBo Holiday Lights 2021
Streets across the peninsula are aglow again with strands and swirls of colorful lights as residents enthusiastically plug in to celebrate the holiday season. Take a walk or a ride around the neighborhood with our SoBo SoBright 2021 self-guided tour and prepare to be amazed. This year we identified 51 places across the South Baltimore … Continue reading Guide to SoBo Holiday Lights 2021 →
Diamondback Puts New Twist on Classic Beers
[Note: This article originally appeared in our October-November 2021 newspaper edition, published on October 8.] When Tom Foster and his friends started home brewing as students at the University of Maryland, College Park, in the late 2000’s, they could never have anticipated what their hobby would grow to become. Brewing out of their house, they … Continue reading Diamondback Puts New Twist on Classic Beers →
Help Us Build SoBo Connections in 2022
Our latest issue (#4) is now available free at outlets all over the peninsula. Pick up a copy today and read about the new Rash Field Park, the greening of SoBo, exciting exhibits that have just opened here, and a lot more. It’s been a busy first year for this community news enterprise. We’re off … Continue reading Help Us Build SoBo Connections in 2022 →
The Lost Peninsula Forts of the War of 1812
Four South Baltimore forts defended the city on that fateful day. Three have been all but forgotten. [Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in our August-September 2021 newspaper edition, published on August 6.] Every September, Baltimore celebrates Defenders Day at Fort McHenry to mark the 1814 battle that saved the city from the British and … Continue reading The Lost Peninsula Forts of the War of 1812 →
Interview: Criminal Justice Reporter Justin Fenton
[Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in our August-September 2021 newspaper edition, published on August 6.] Peninsula resident Justin Fenton has been the Baltimore Sun’s criminal justice reporter since 2008. His new book, We Own This City (Random House, 2021), about corruption in the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force, is now being made … Continue reading Interview: Criminal Justice Reporter Justin Fenton →
Halloween Returns to SoBo
After a one-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic, Halloween returned to South Baltimore this past weekend with a vengeance. Before the sidewalks and stoops filled on Sunday with ghouls and givers of treats, a monstrous number of celebrations took place across the peninsula. Below, the Peninsula Post presents views from a sampling of these … Continue reading Halloween Returns to SoBo →
Baltimore’s Sweet Spot: Domino Sugar
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in our August-September 2021 newspaper edition, published on August 6. It’s hard to take in the staggering volume of sugar that comes out of Domino Sugar’s refinery on Key Highway East. We typically experience sugar in small quantities: a four-pound bag at the store, a teaspoon packet at a … Continue reading Baltimore’s Sweet Spot: Domino Sugar →
Our Almost-Out-Of-The-Pandemic Issue (#3)
Last year, during the darkest days of the Covid pandemic, you could glean a bit of hope from the almost certain knowledge that one day this outbreak would come to an end. You could imagine the grand celebrations we’d have in South Baltimore to mark the day: a parade down Fort Avenue, fireworks in the … Continue reading Our Almost-Out-Of-The-Pandemic Issue (#3) →
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