CHARDON, Ohio —Chardon takes its maple syrup seriously—especially when it comes to crowning the best. This year marks the 100th year since the Geauga County Maple Festival Maple Contest began. The ...

In late March 2025, a once-in-a-generation ice storm devastated the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, striking at the height of the maple syrup harvesting season. The storm snapped the crowns of ...

The Shepherd Maple Festival is just a few weeks away, taking place between April 23-26. The Grand Marshal of the Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival has already been chosen and will take part in the Grand ...

Making maple syrup is simple- you tap a tree, collect the sap, and boil it down. But it's more complicated for large-scale producers who collect thousands of gallons of sap per day. To keep up with ...

John Williams helps Marseille McCourt hammer in a tap while explaining the maple syrup process to kindergarten and eighth grade students from Dedham School who were on a field trip to Williams Family ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The second and final Maple Weekend kicks off on Saturday. Around 160 farms, including dozens in the Finger Lakes region, are taking part in the annual celebration of New York State’s ...

HIGHTOWN, Virginia – The woodpecker was the first sign of something strange underway. Ronnie Moyers heard the bird hammering in the woods one morning in late February, several weeks before the species ...

The air smelled of sugary syrup and campfire smoke as sticky-fingered patrons gathered for Breakheart Reservation’s Maple Sugarin’ Day. The annual event in Saugus, hosted on March 14 by the ...

This year's maple sap collection in Massachusetts contains more sugar than most years. Sweeter sap requires less boiling time, which leads to increased maple syrup production. Colder temperatures and ...

Chippewa Nature Center drew about 900 people to its annual Maple Syrup Day on Saturday, March 21. With the help of 100 volunteers, the event aimed to show the community the process for creating maple ...