The upper half of the “g” for the Domino Sugars sign towers over Gable’s senior solutions consultant Jack Lunkenheimer. Next stop: the paint room. The last letter of the iconic Domino Sugars sign over Baltimore’s harbor came down on March 16. Work on the replacement letters continues a month later at Gable, the manufacturing site … Continue reading New Domino Sign Taking Shape →

Editor’s Note – This is the second in our “SoBo Made” series about local products and the people who make them on the South Baltimore peninsula. Our part of the city has long been a manufacturing and production hub. Although much of that work vanished years ago, that creative and industrious spirit endures here in … Continue reading New Dessert Baker Delivers the Goodies →

Last spring, the residents of South Baltimore – from Sharp-Leadenhall to Locust Point –  took to their sidewalks in an explosion of color and creativity during the “Chalk It Up SoBo Sidewalk Chalk Challenge.” The free-form weekend event was so much fun and the chalk art so amazing that the South Baltimore Peninsula Post and … Continue reading ‘Chalk It Up SoBo’ Returns: April 23-25 →

Tributes from SoBo residents and business owners to those that went above and beyond. Wearing a mask has been a common and heroic act by many in South Baltimore during the pandemic. [Note: This article originally appeared in our print newspaper edition on March 12, 2021.] On March 16, Baltimore reached the one-year mark of … Continue reading Heroes of Our Pandemic Year →

The free print edition of the Peninsula Post debuted on Friday, March 12. A special eight-page prototype print edition of the Peninsula Post began free distribution on March 12. The issue, which contains stories that are only available in this newsprint edition, is available free at these businesses scattered across the peninsula: Afters Café (1001 … Continue reading First Newspaper Edition Hits the Streets →

Editor’s Note – This is the first in a series of features about products and the people who make them on the South Baltimore peninsula. Our part of the city has long been a manufacturing and production hub. Although much of that work vanished years ago, that creative and industrious spirit endures here in firms … Continue reading SoBo Made: Born to Roast Coffee →

Recognize a friend, neighbor, spouse or child who went above and beyond during this unprecedented year. On March 16, Baltimore reaches the one-year mark of living with Covid. As a community, we have been through a lot, from months of social isolation to jobs lost and homes transformed into combined workplaces and schools. Now that … Continue reading Give a Shout-Out to Your ‘Pandemic Hero’ →

A discarded H&M paper shopping bag was packed tight with plastic bottles, cans and scraps of trash at the end of my meandering walk from the School 33 Art Center to Federal Hill and back on Monday. Over a dozen other like-minded SoBo residents fanned out across the peninsula on their own routes to help … Continue reading SoBo Cleans Up One Bag at a Time →

If you haven't taken the "SoBo SoBright" self-guided tour of the amazing holiday lights around the South Baltimore peninsula, below is a virtual tour in photos and videos. This is only a small selection of the imaginative and festive displays all over our neighborhood. Don't miss your chance to see the #sobolights live and twinkling. … Continue reading SoBo Shines in Holiday Lights →

Update Dec. 17 – We've added a few more blocks to the tour bringing the total to 40. The added blocks are shown by a red pin on Google Maps and an asterik (*) on the revised PDF map. Streets across the peninsula are already aglow with strands and swirls of colorful lights as residents … Continue reading Your Guide to SoBo Holiday Lights →