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The federal government is predicting a nursing shortage in 2025, and we’re already seeing signs of one locally. Around one-fifth of registered nursing positions in Massachusetts home health care and nursing homes are unfilled. Massachusetts hospitals spent $1.1 billion last year hiring temporary registered nurses to fill vacancies. Nationally, according to a 2022 survey of nurses, the median age of a registered nurse was 46 years old, and more than one-quarter of all nurses reported that they planned to leave nursing over the next 5 years. Yet in July, the US State Department ...

Dinner a reminder of organization’s important work

North Central Sight Services recently hosted its “Feast for the Eyes,” as reported in Tuesday’s edition of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. The event invites diners to experience a meal blindfolded or with other device that limit eyesight or simulate impaired vision. “By no means do we ...

What other newspapers are saying: White House abuses authority, taxpayers

’Tis the season for election handouts. On Friday the Biden Administration announced lower Medicare prescription drug premiums, which will naturally be paid for by taxpayers. The political irony is that Biden officials are increasing subsidies to insurers they otherwise vilify to mitigate pre-election harm from the Inflation Reduction Act. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) touted in a press release that average Part D premiums will decline by about $90 next year while benefits will improve “thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act and other new enhancements.” P.S.: ...

Illustrator’s story an inspiring one

We are always pleased when an opportunity to note our communities’ rich contributions to the arts presents itself. We’ve frequently praised how Frances Tipton Hunter and Severin Roesen put Williamsport on the historical map of American art. Now, we are pleased that Howie Noel has ...

Americans need, deserve marketplace of ideas

As we noted with some alarm in an Aug. 31 editorial, Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, seems to have difficulty understanding the perimeters of the First Amendment and of free speech. This obliviousness was on display again during the vice presidential debate, at which ...

What other newspapers are saying: It’s time to ensure homeschool safety

Lawmakers who still think it is more important to protect “personal freedoms” for homeschooling parents than it is to protect the children being kept at home got another wake-up call last week. Fortunately — this time — the children involved in this case are still alive to speak for themselves. An 8-year-old girl escaped a home in the South Hills area of Charleston and was found at a neighbor’s home. She was wearing handcuffs and made allegations of abuse and neglect, according to a report by WCHS. Charleston Police investigators have confirmed the girl, two teenaged boys and ...