Photo Album: Blais Maple Syrup welcomes visitors to its sugar shack

Established in 2015, Marcel Blais began boiling syrup in a turkey fryer outdoors and had 15 to 35 taps — or spouts — in the trees on his property. The operation now has more than 1,100 taps.

Maine Maple Weekend offers sweet fun

"Maine Maple Sunday is a Maine tradition. It's (raising) awareness, it's selling (syrup), it's showing people how it's processed, how things are done. It's getting it out there that maple syrup is a natural sweetener that you can use in anything," said Mario Blais.

Maine Maple Sunday Weekend is back at ‘full steam’

Loyal customers and comfort food cravings helped carry sugarhouses through the pandemic, but maple producers are excited to see visitors again, face to face.

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.

Somali Bantu Community Association moves into new Lewiston headquarters

• Sticky stats on Maine's maple syrup production last year • And, just how vegan-friendly is Maine?

Amid massive shortage, Canada taps strategic reserves – of maple syrup

Quebec produces 73 percent of the world's supply but a shorter and warmer spring sugaring season caused output to fall by nearly a quarter.

Sap flowing during Maine Maple Weekend

Photo: Auburn sugar house chugs along toward opening

Dan Giguere plans to fully open his operation in a locomotive-style treehouse.

Photo Gallery: Maine maple producers tapping into spring

Maine sugarhouses have tapped into their maple trees but aren't see a lot of sap flowing. They have high hopes with warm days and cold nights in the weather forecast.