Part 1: Photos: Our Annual So.Baltimore Holiday Lights Walk & the SoBoPost!

One of our holiday traditions has become a walk around south Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood to see the Christmas lights. Our friends Steve and Jane - South Baltimore's Penninsula Post newspaper founder and editors put together this walking tour and armed with hot cider and hot cocoa - it's a treat.  This year, it was really awesome because the temperatures were mild and the lights were awesome. This is Part 1 of 2, and in addition to cool photos, you'll learn about this awesome free newspaper that keeps residents informed. 

(Photo: Jane, Tom, Steve, Rob at the walk kick-off) 

ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER:  The South Baltimore Peninsula Post started in the spring of 2020 as a way for the communities between Fort McHenry and Camden Yards to interact during the enforced isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2021, the Peninsula Post blog and social media accounts created by local resident Steve Cole were joined by a free community newspaper edition that began regular bimonthly publication in August 2021. The Peninsula Post has also sponsored several socially distanced community events including a sidewalk chalk festival and scavenger hunt.

(Photo: A street lit up for an entire block!) 

 

In April 2021, all of this community activity was formally organized into South Baltimore United, Inc., a tax-exempt nonstock corporation established under the laws of the State of Maryland. South Baltimore United is now a 501(c)(c3) nonprofit devoted to promoting community awareness and engagement among the residents of the many neighborhoods of South Baltimore by distributing news and information about this diverse community and sponsoring public events that bring the community together.

 (Photo: Christmas dogs display in Federal Hill. Cr: R.G) 

Steve continues to devote much of his post-career time to the Peninsula Post, serving as Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper and President of South Baltimore United. After a 30-plus-year career in one form of publishing or another – from promoting climate and space science for NASA to magazine editing, curating local Facebook groups (Cross Street Market Community, Federal Hill United), and wrestling with the Baltimore Museum of Industry’s 1936 Linotype typecasting machine – he apparently doesn’t know how to stop.

(Photo: Snoopy, Woodstock and a beautiful Christmas tree in the window behind. Cr: R.G)

Mailing address: 145 W. Ostend St., Suite 600, Baltimore, MD 21230

Email: hello@sobopost.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoBoPeninsulaPost

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sobopeninsulapost/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SBmorePost

NEXT: THE CHRISTMAS WOLF SCARES THE GROUP!