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NYT > World News · Peru, NY
Nearby: Peru, NYGPS-linked devices have been insisting that Ukrainians are in Lima, the Peruvian capital. The culprit is a jamming system built to thwart Russian airstrikes.
NYT > World News · Peru, NY
Nearby: Peru, NYIn Peru, where Leo XIV lived for two decades and became a citizen, the pope was met by President Keiko Fujimori, whose father’s policies he had protested.
NYT > World News · Peru, NY
Nearby: Peru, NYPope Leo spent nearly two decades in Peru, rising to bishop and becoming a citizen. But many Peruvians have turned to evangelical churches, seeking a more expressive and direct connection to God.
Seven Days · Burlington, VT
Nearby: Burlington, VTThe past six years were bumpy ones for the students and staff of Burlington High School. In 2020, the pandemic shifted students to remote learning. Later that fall, the New North End campus closed due to PCB contamination, and BHS moved into a former Macy’s department store downtown. The high-school-in-a-mall story went viral, capturing attention around the world. Downtown Burlington High School was windowless and noisy, and some students struggled to adapt. Finally, this past August, students returned to a brand-new, 256,000-square-foot, $204 million building on the site of the old BHS. This month, the BHS Drama Club stages its first musical in the state-of-the-art auditorium. Guys and Dolls, which runs November 19 through 21, represents an exciting new chapter for the club, which has built an impressive legacy over the past 30 years but faced a change in leadership and dwindling participation during the mall years.
VTDigger · Winooski, VT
Nearby: Winooski, VTThis commentary is by Caitlin MacLeod-Bluver, a teacher at Winooski High School. She is the 2025 Vermont Teacher of the Year and the 2026 Vermont History Teacher of the Year. In the WCAX debate on Oct. 28, Gov. Phil Scott incorrectly claimed that the Winooski School District offers 17 languages, unlike smaller, more rural districts that may offer only one or two. This is false. Winooski offers one language, French. Elementary school students have no language opportunities, middle school students take French for one quarter, and high school students are offered French I or French II. When Scott claims that Winooski offers 17 languages, it is not just a curriculum mistake. It is a remark that serves to pit our rural, largely white communities against our more urban, more diverse communities. This misinformation fuels anti-immigrant, xenophobic thinking that hurts our students, our families and our communities. Collectively, our student body does speak at least 17 languages.
Seven Days · Essex, VT
Nearby: Essex, VTWendy Piotrowski and Andrew Machanic confirmed that they will close the Pinwheel, their Western-influenced breakfast and lunch spot in Essex, on November 20. The couple operated the Swingin’ Pinwheel on Center Street in Burlington from 2014 to 2021 and then ran the Sweet Wheels Donuts bus before relaunching a suburban version of their daytime restaurant at 4 Carmichael Street, Suite 106, in early 2025. Customers can still place orders at the Pinwheel for Thanksgiving catering until the closing date. Machanic, 58, said he might continue catering for Christmas if November demand is strong. The couple attributed their decision to labor shortages. “We just haven’t had enough staff to manage how busy we are,” said Piotrowski, 44. They quietly put the restaurant on the market in May for $225,000.
Deseret News · Lake Placid, NY
Nearby: Lake Placid, NYThere’s a fundamental problem that plagues every professional sports league: One team has to lose. Look, no one is saying the best athletes in the world should be content to not keep score and go home with participation ribbons. But no matter what happens, one team’s fans — who paid good money to be there — are going to leave the game feeling shortchanged because their team lost. In 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters reimagined the sports viewing experience. Rather than making their games all about winning and losing, they turned them into spectacles. They simply became displays of elite talent, and every fan in the building could have fun no matter what. Cosmic Hockey is following that same model now. Although games will still be competitive, fan experience is at the forefront. It takes one of the fastest, most physical sports in the world and turns off the lights. The puck, goalposts and players’ equipment are all kitted out in neon colors, making them glow under black light.
