Canceled in 2020 and scaled back in 2021, western Maine maple producers expect a strong turnout in 2022.
Maine Maple Sunday
Sweet rite of spring this weekend: It’s Maine Maple Sunday!
Canceled in 2020 and scaled back in 2021, western Maine maple producers expect a strong turnout in 2022.
Maine Maple Sunday regional events all weekend
Farm owners are excited for 2022 Maine Maple Sunday on March 27 following low turnout in the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sap running, if slowly, as central Maine maple producers expect flow to rise with temperatures
Taps are out now, collecting sap to boil down into maple syrup, as back-and-forth weather has slowed maple sugaring slightly.
Photo: Auburn sugar house chugs along toward opening
Dan Giguere plans to fully open his operation in a locomotive-style treehouse.
Maine Maple Sunday returns after pandemic pause
Events did not happen last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
After a year off, Maine Maple Sunday weekend has a triumphant first day back
Maine Maple Sunday, one of the busiest days of the year for maple producers and farmers in central and western Maine, made its triumphant return Saturday after it was canceled last year due to the coronavirus.
Maine Maple Sunday returns to Oxford Hills
REGION — A year after one annual tradition after another began to be cancelled due to the pandemic, Maine Maple Sunday makes its springtime return Sunday, March 28, as sugar houses across the state open their doors to the public. Miranda and Seth Bell of Colonial Hill Farm & Sugar Shack in Waterford are very […]
Area producers participating in Maine Maple Sunday
Farms open this weekend to offer products and give demonstrations.
In photos: Despite a pandemic, Maine’s maple season remains just as sweet
Pure maple syrup is a beautiful thing, sweet, with complex flavors, and it can only come from boiling the sap from a tree, a time-consuming process dependent on the weather. This year was off to a slow start with a warm January and “stone cold” February, according to Michael Bryant of Hilltop Boilers in Newfield. But the sap is running in March, and the coming week should be a good one if it doesn’t get too warm. Maine Maple Sunday is March 28, but this year the 38th annual event will have adjusted hours and options because of the coronavirus pandemic. Press Herald photographers visited some southern Maine makers busy producing syrup last week.