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 ...
’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.: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Just about every adult in America who attended a public school has passed through a history class, and maybe they had an aptitude for the subject, had a teacher who inspired them to dig deeper, or were turned off completely by a clock-punching instructor who offered little more than a dry ...
