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Last Wednesday, April 7, was National Beer Day, and you couldn’t pick a better day, or a better week for it. Baseball season is finally here, the sun was shining just about every day, and the mountains of snow that have been piled up on street corners and have grayed like my beard since the last snow fall ... yeah, those are gone. It was also a week off from school for kids in the Watertown City School District, meaning no Zoom classes for my oldest son, John, the first-grader, and no pre-...

stock.adobe.com After a sweaty workout, what do you grab to quench your thirst and replenish your body? How about a beer? Many of us reach for Gatorade or water, but brewers want you to consider their libations, too. In fact, a growing number of beer makers are taking a cue from sports drinks and are adding electrolytes into their brews. These beers are usually lower in alcohol, so whether or not you drink them after a workout, you won’t feel sluggish. And many other fitness-centric beers are...

Beer after a workout? Brewers take a cue from Gatorade and add electrolytes into lower alcohol brews Morgan Hines and Mike Snider, USA TODAY After a sweaty workout, what do you grab to quench your thirst and replenish your body? How about a beer? Many of us reach for Gatorade or water, but brewers want you to consider their libations, too. In fact, a growing number of beer makers are taking a cue from sports drinks and are adding electrolytes into their brews. These beers are...

Tower No. 3 at Delaware Seashore State Park. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO Dennis Forney February 19, 2021 February, as it is wont to do, is flying by. But as it flaps its wings in this cold, heavy polar vortex air, here are some of the changes and improvements readers may see at the many state parks in Sussex County when weather warms. Thanks to Shauna McVey, spokesperson for the Delaware Division of Parks, for tracking down this information and making my job easier. “We have the following p...