This year has certainly been the darkest in living memory for our community and the entire world. But when asked “What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving,” these South Baltimore residents brought some light to help dispel the gloom of 2020. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! – S.C. I’m thankful for having a job to go to … Continue reading SoBo Residents Give Thanks →

New tree arrives Nov. 21 near corner of Jackson & Heath Sts. For the past 15 years, Joanna Pi-Sunyer has recruited fellow peninsula residents to plant new trees along neighborhood streets, adding much-needed green and shade to our urban lives. On Saturday, Nov. 21, the latest “SoBo Green” campaign added 14 new trees to the … Continue reading Latest Crop of SoBo Trees Ready to Grow →

A pair of mermaids perched high over Light St. just south of Fort Ave. A massive black iron wheel in Otterbein that once powered Baltimore cable cars. A nearly two-century-old cornerstone set into a brick wall at Fort McHenry. These are some of the more surprising and challenging architectural, historic, and artistic “hidden gems” that … Continue reading Scavenger Hunt Reveals SoBo Surprises →

Saturday, Nov. 7 – Time to get outside on a beautiful Baltimore day and start the "O Say Can You See SoBo?" Scavenger Hunt, which runs through Sunday at 4 p.m. This post has links to everything you need to know about the search for 26 artistic, historic, or architectural "hidden gems" scattered across the … Continue reading SoBo Scavenger Hunt Is On! →

How well do you know SoBo? Find out this weekend, Nov. 7-8. Time once again for some community-wide, COVID-safe, “let’s get outside together” fun for everyone on the South Baltimore peninsula. No chalk needed, just an eagerness to explore our neighborhoods and test your knowledge of their many quirky “hidden-in-plain-sight” treasures. And this time there … Continue reading Join the Peninsula Scavenger Hunt! →

‘Post-Its’ is a weekly collection of community news and useful information for residents of the South Baltimore Peninsula. https://videopress.com/v/dFnJCvt3?preloadContent=metadata In-person voting – the early kind – began Monday, Oct. 26, across Baltimore city. Long lines formed in the morning on Day 1 at the closest polling location for much of the peninsula: Dempsey’s Restaurant at … Continue reading ‘Post-Its’: Voting, Recycling Continue →

Remember the fun ChalkItUpSoBo and SoBo1000K community events in May? We're sponsoring another peninsula-wide COVID-friendly event the weekend of November 7. This time it's a contest with PRIZES! Details to come. Stay tuned!

In just over one hour this morning (Oct. 20), a new lighted ‘star-cross’ was installed atop the steeple of St. Mary Star of the Sea church on Riverside Ave., visible once again across much of the peninsula. The previous star was damaged during a storm in April and removed from the steeple. Father Josh Laws, … Continue reading New ‘Star-Cross’ Rises →

A weekly collection of community news and useful information for residents of the South Baltimore Peninsula. High-altitude repair work continues on St. Mary Star of the Sea church at the corner of Riverside Ave. and Gittings St. in preparation for the return of the iconic lighted star-cross damaged in an April storm. Father Josh Laws, … Continue reading ‘Post-Its’: Reopenings, Repairs, and ‘No Candy Here’ →

A majority of people on the South Baltimore peninsula are taking the advice of city public health officials and sitting out Halloween this year – at least the traditional door-to-door trick-or-treating part – due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Facebook poll. Some residents, however, are still planning to take to the … Continue reading Poll: Residents Scale Back Trick-or-Treating →