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Saul Pink

Saul

Saul Pink is a newsroom intern at The Baltimore Banner. He's a rising senior at Northwestern University studying journalism and data science. A Washington, D.C., native, Saul has served as Managing Editor at The Daily Northwestern and covered crime, city politics and other mayhem in New Orleans for The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com. When he's not reporting, you can find Saul playing pickup basketball, searching for the best cheap eats and rooting for D.C. sports teams.

Latest content by Saul Pink

A commemorative DVD that played during Journey's funeral and reception is displayed on a shelf in Rachell Portilla's home as seen on August 13th, 2024 in Halethorpe, MD.
Young children are dying in Baltimore’s unprecedented overdose crisis
The smallest and least suspecting victims of Baltimore’s opioid epidemic are young children. Since 2020, 15 young children have died of overdose.
The Baltimore City Council and Baltimore County Council (seen in file photos above and below, respectively) both have ballot questions this election season about resizing the councils.
What’s the right council size? Baltimore and Baltimore County voters will decide
Voters in Baltimore and Baltimore County will face a similar question at the polls this fall: in these two much-changed jurisdictions, is it time to reshape the legislative bodies that govern them — and how do you ensure they remain representative of residents?
A Baltimore City Fire Department boat approaches a boat sinking in the Inner Harbor near the Domino Sugar factory on Aug. 5, 2024.
Summer campers rescued after sailboat sinks in Inner Harbor
A boat full of summer campers setting sail in the Inner Harbor started sinking, prompting a rescue effort.
Christine Golczynski sits in on a public meeting held on August 1, 2024 at the North Point Library in Dundalk, MD to discuss permits needed to proceed with the demolition of Key Bridge remains.
Neighbors of the Key Bridge are ready for its demolition — and want it rebuilt ASAP
About 40 people who gathered at a public library in Dundalk Thursday evening for a public hearing on a newly unveiled plan to demolish the remainder of the bridge — the first step of a multiyear plan to get drivers traversing the bridge once again.
Baltimore has started a multiyear planning process to come up with improvements to the Route 2 corridor through South Baltimore.
A Hanover Street bridge makeover is in the works — but it could take a while
The federal funds will be used to plan improvements along the Hanover Street Corridor, including sidewalks, new bike lanes and better connections to waterfront parks and trails.
The outside of Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain at Disneyland Paris holds a strange connection to Baltimore, rooted in a 19th century French novel.
Baltimore’s strange connection to one of Disneyland Paris’ biggest rides
If you find yourself at the sprawling theme park about 20 miles from this year’s Olympic host city, you may wonder what on earth this space-themed roller coaster has to do with Baltimore. The answer? A 19th-century French science-fiction novel.
Zac Blanchard, a candidate for Baltimore City Council's 12th District, poses for a portrait outside the Baltimore City Board of Election's warehouse on Thursday, May 16.
How public financing and a little bit of Reddit helped oust a City Hall veteran
Some of Eric Costello’s errors were self-inflicted. One voter said his endorsement of Sheila Dixon for mayor “betrayed the public trust.”
Trina Baker, Breaunna Cormley’s grandmother, takes a moment as she sits in front of the last place her granddaughter was seen alive.
She was a ‘sweet, quiet’ 12-year-old. Police say she was killed by a man his own mother feared.
“She didn’t bother nobody. She was sweet, quiet and respectful,” her grandmother said after a vigil Monday evening. “My heart hurts so bad for her.”
An exposed water pipe on Maryland Avenue in Old Goucher pumps out water into the street on July 17, 2024.
Is there a pipe spewing water in your neighborhood? Here’s why.
The city says “flushing” the water onto the street helps keep clean water flowing to Baltimore homes while it works to revamp its underground water system.
An industrial trash can filled with melted ice and bottled water was found at a Baltimore Department of Public Works facility in south Baltimore, July 10, 2024.
In record-breaking heat, OIG finds broken AC, inoperable water fountains at public works facility
The inspector general made an emergency visit to the Cherry Hill Department of Public Works Facility early Wednesday morning and released the report just hours later.
NAP and EBT Accepted here sign. SNAP and Food Stamps provide nutrition benefits to supplement the budgets of disadvantaged families.
Maryland contract with welfare payments provider promises to combat stolen SNAP benefits
The contract promises to swiftly implement encrypted chip technology used in credit and debit cards — along with a myriad of other protections — for Marylanders that use the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other cash assistance.
Gavin Knupp's mother, Tiffany Knupp, fixes and adds things to his memorial on the side of the service road where the hit-and-run took place last summer.
Mom of Gavin Knupp, teen killed in Ocean City hit-and-run, charged with embezzlement
Tiffany Knupp faces nine charges for embezzling $12,625 from the Gavin Knupp Foundation and a local restaurant that raised money for the foundation.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks on reproductive rights at Ritchie Coliseum on the campus of the University of Maryland on June 24, 2024.
VP Harris rallies for abortion rights in Maryland on court ruling’s anniversary
The event in front of a crowd of 400 was part of several days of events highlighting abortion — and criticizing Republican positions — ahead of Thursday’s first presidential debate.
MCB Real Estate released renderings of a redeveloped Harborplace on Oct. 30, 2023 that show new buildings with residential units and new park spaces.
Vignarajah launches ballot measure campaign challenging Harborplace redevelopment
The proposed charter amendment would ban residential development, buildings taller than 100 feet and other “private use inconsistent with the parks’ public nature” in the Inner Harbor and 19 other city parks.
Seamen aboard the US Naval Academy Yard Patrol Training Ship at Fleet Week on June 13, 2024.
Fleet Week sails into Baltimore: Here’s what you should check out
Ships, planes and people have descended upon the city as part of Maryland Fleet Week and Baltimore Flyover, which officially kicked off this week and runs through Tuesday.

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