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Lifestyles

‘Dirty Myrtle’ cleaning up her act

A South Carolina beach town once nicknamed "Dirty Myrtle" because of its rowdy nightclubs and strip joints has become a magnet for retirees in a nation that continues to age. The number of residents 65 years and older in the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area grew by 6.3% last year, making it the ...

Why there used to be mercury in your medicine

People of a certain age may remember Merthiolate and Mercurochrome in the household medicine chest. Whenever someone skinned a knee or scraped an elbow, one of these topical antiseptics was often applied to prevent infection. Mercurochrome was good for impressing children. It had a ...

Senior News

To include or update items in the weekly Senior News list, email information to tmunnell@tribtoday.com or dbigelow@tribtoday.com. The deadline is noon Wednesday for inclusion in that week’s list. PERI 18 TO MEET: The Public Employee Retirees Inc. of Mahoning County, Chapter 18, will meet for ...

It’s a cocktail, darling

NEW YORK — If you have a cocktail scene in your neck of the woods (and it’s safe to say that I do in NYC), you might have noticed the words “pickle juice” appearing more often on drink menus. Pickles and pickle brine have been an ingredient that mixologists — and chefs — have ...

Assisting Tim and Liz with church preparation

It is a dreary Monday morning with light rain. We do need this rain. The breeze feels good coming in the windows. We appreciate it even more after a few weeks of hot, humid weather. My husband Joe went back to work this morning after having four days off over the Fourth of July holiday. We ...

The fizzy history behind America’s favorite linguistic debate

With burgers sizzling and classic rock thumping, many Americans revel in summer cookouts — at least until that wayward cousin asks for a “pop” in soda country, or even worse, a “coke” when they actually want a Sprite. Few American linguistic debates have bubbled quite as long and ...