Author: theparknews

Noah Lane (23) wraps up a Pipestone ball carrier up high while Chase Gumbel helps with a tackle down low in BEA’s first game of the season. The Bucks fell to 0-2 after losing to Triton last week. The Blue Earth Area Buccaneers knew it would be a tough game when they traveled to the Dodge Center to take on the Triton Cobras on Sept. 6, and they were right. The Cobras defeated the Buccaneers, 60-14. The Tritons are the defending Section 2AA champions and are currently ranked No. 13 in Class AA in the latest…

VISNOVA, Czech Republic — Floods in eastern Romania killed at least four people and damaged thousands of homes on Saturday, authorities said, as days of torrential rains caused rising river levels and put authorities in much of Central and Eastern Europe on high alert.Tens of thousands of homes were left without power in Romania and the Czech Republic, and more rain is expected in the coming days, along with heavy rainfall in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, southern Germany and parts of Austria.Residents of several towns along the Czech-Polish border were evacuated after river levels exceeded warning levels, while preventive flood control…

East Palestine’s Owen Juryavčić charges into the Corto Tallis in Lisbon on Friday. (Photo by Ron Firth) LISBON – Coming into this season, East Palestine’s soccer team had won three games in three years. The setbacks and setbacks the Bulldog seniors have experienced are starting to pay off. Bulldog senior quarterback Owen Yuryavsik ran for 279 yards and five touchdowns and threw for 176 yards in a 42-27 win at Lisbon on Friday. “Honestly, the beatings we suffered were horrible at the time, but looking back now, I’m really grateful because they helped me grow both…

Larry Hogan was a good governor, left office after two terms with very high approval ratings, worked bipartisan, and in normal times would have almost certainly run for the open Senate seat despite a large Democratic Party lead. I say “normal times,” but the thing is, we’re far from normal times. It’s pretty much common knowledge these days not to talk politics unless you know the person really well.We have people who share our political views, and when we “socialize” (my wife and I often take cruises out of Baltimore), we speak in hushed voices and use coded messages, like…

10 PhotosPhoto: York Giebichstein/Superyachtblog (composite)You’d think keeping a huge secret would be harder, especially when that secret is one of the world’s biggest megayachts, but luxury shipyard Lurssen is a specialist at keeping secrets, which is a prerequisite for building bespoke vessels for some of the world’s wealthiest people. One of these people is preparing to take delivery of a brand new mega-yacht, a vessel so huge and so secretive that not even the trade press seems to know its exact length, or even its internal code name, for that matter, but the vessel, dubbed the Alibaba, the Alibaba Project,…

CNN — Russian forces have launched a counteroffensive to retake parts of Kursk lost to Ukrainian forces in a surprise cross-border attack, but it has yet to gain momentum. Ukraine launched an offensive last month, seizing scores of settlements in a move that surprised even Kiev’s allies, but observers warned from the start that Ukraine was unlikely to be able to sustain its gains. Geolocated video shows Russian forces retaking several villages, but the situation remains fluid: the quality and numbers of Russian troops in the area is unclear, and there is little reliable information on the front lines. Ukrainian…

and othersLess than 30 minutes into Tuesday’s presidential debate, former President Donald Trump deployed an updated version of a century-old slur against immigrant communities: that newcomers eat other people’s pets and vermin.”They’re eating dogs, they’re eating people who are coming in, they’re eating cats,” Trump said of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. Over the past four years, 15,000 Haitians have settled in the city of about 60,000, most of them through a legal resettlement program for immigrants. “They’re eating the pets of the people who live there. This is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame.”While city officials…

New York City’s new luxury hotel, Kimpton Rockefeller Center, is scheduled to open in late 2025, bringing a new wave of boutique elegance to one of Manhattan’s most iconic locations.The latest addition to the Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants portfolio marks the brand’s third property in New York City, offering travelers a stylish gateway to quintessential New York from the heart of the city’s most popular tourist destination.Developed in collaboration with Extell Development Company, the 33-story Kimpton Rockefeller Center will be designed by New York-based SLCE Architects and INC Architecture & Design.In addition to expansive views of the city skyline, the…

Thirteen months after opening in the Lower Garden District, The Exchange Pickleball + Beer has far exceeded owner Renee Melchiode’s expectations: The spot is packed most weeknights, drawing tourists and locals alike, and sales are growing month after month. Now, Melchiode is looking to take the business to the next level and has handed over management of the property to Jason Seidman, who has gained a national reputation as one of the country’s most prominent boutique hotel developers with local hotel and restaurant projects including The Columns, The Drifter and Hotel St. Vincent. Seidman is not an investor in The…

I took a quick trip on Thursday morning for my weekly visit with my father-in-law.We usually sit on the porch for a few hours, sip coffee, watch the birds and squirrels and the occasional deer raid the feeders scattered around his property, and talk about life in general.It’s one of the highlights of my week and the fact that my dad keeps inviting me back means he enjoys the visits as well.As I pulled into his driveway on Thursday, I saw a sign in his yard showing support for one of the candidates in the upcoming presidential election.I won’t tell…