Bob Parsons of Parsons Maple Products in Gorham checks sap collection March 17. GORHAM — Cold temperatures in March slowed the sap run this year, but not enough to prevent thousands of families across Maine from venturing to farm sugarhouses to lap up maple syrup products and soak up the outdoors. The official 34th annual Maine […]
Maine Maple Sunday
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Maine Maple Sunday: Cold weather slows sap but sugarhouses to be ready
Bob Parsons of Parsons Maple Products in Gorham checks sap collection. GORHAM — Cold temperatures in March slowed the sap run this year, but not enough to prevent thousands of families across Maine from venturing to farm sugarhouses to lap up maple syrup products and soak up the outdoors. The official 34th annual Maine Maple […]
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Norlands hosting Maple Sunday breakfast
LIVERMORE — The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center will host a pancake breakfast and maple-sugaring demonstration on Maine Maple Sunday, March 27. The events run from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 290 Norlands Road. A hearty breakfast of fresh hot pancakes and sausage drizzled in Norlands’ own maple syrup will be served the farmer’s cottage. […]
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Sugar shacks open on Maine Maple Sunday
PORTLAND (AP) — The cold weather means the sap isn’t yet flowing in Maine, but the show must go on for Maine Maple Sunday. More than 100 Maine sugar houses are participating in the annual event, and some had to scramble to ensure they had syrup since they’re not yet making it. It takes 40 […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Unseasonable cold, deep snow hindering Maine maple syrup season start
MEXICO — Tappers are gearing up for maple syrup season, but the sap hasn’t started running yet because of unseasonably cold temperatures and deep snow pressed against the trees. Ray and Ann Carver of Mexico began tapping trees Wednesday when temperatures topped 40 degrees. They will place 400 taps this month. “Nothing is running yet, […]
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Friends of Peru Elementary School reschedule open house
PERU — The Friends of Peru Elementary School agreed Wednesday evening to move its open house from March 7 to March 22 to coincide with its Maine Maple Sunday pancake breakfast. Chairman Nick Waugh said there were a few reasons why rescheduling the open house would be beneficial for the group. “I heard from someone […]
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A taste of winter at Maine Maple Sunday
JAY/LIVERMORE — Maine Maple Sunday had a different feel to it this year, what with the cold weather and the lack of sap running. “Last year was probably the best maple syrup season we’ve had in the last five years,” observed Gunnar Higgins as he tended the boiling sap at Boothby’s Sugar Shack in Livermore. […]
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Sunday River to celebrate Maine Maple Sunday
NEWRY — Sunday River Ski Resort will celebrate Maine Maple Sunday with an entire weekend of events, resort spokesperson Darcy Morse said. The resort has been participating in Maine Maple Sunday for the last three or four years after their Sugaring House was constructed at the bottom of the Sundance Trail on South Ridge. “After […]