The spell of warm weather that started in late December got the maple sap running, and some of the state’s largest syrup producers are boiling it already. While sugar making is more commonly ...

SOMERVILLE — On a cold, gray Saturday in March, people of all ages made their way to the Somerville Community Growing Center to attend the 24th annual Maple Boil Down. Over the course of the day, 525 ...

Steam is rising at sugarhouses across the state as their season to shine approaches ahead of the 40th annual Maine Maple Sunday on March 26. The event, traditionally held the fourth Sunday in March, ...

Early drilling in the woods paid off for at least two of Berkshire County’s maple producers, who got their first boil on Jan. 26. That early season was placed on hiatus, however, after a deep freeze ...

Native Americans of northeastern North America have been harvesting maple sap and boiling it into syrup and sugar for many centuries. Various tribes have legends of how this sweet bounty of the ...

HENDERSON — As with all agriculture, weather often determines the yield. But in the maple syrup business, temperatures need to be just right to produce sap, the sugary water that flows through maple ...