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Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29, visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information.

Maple Rush Sugar House co-owner Sadie Davis hands bottles of syrup to a customer Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. The Sabattus-based sugarhouse moved all activity into the sugar house Sunday because of the weather. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29, visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Maple Rush Sugar House owner and sugar maker Jordan Davis demonstrates a draw of syrup from an evaporator’s draw tank Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend at his sugarhouse in Sabattus. Davis said that Sunday’s snowy forecast is enjoyable for sugar makers, as a late-season snow is referred to as a “sugar snow” because it increases the sugar content in a tree’s sap. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Maple Rush Sugar House owner and sugar maker Jordan Davis explains the differences in syrup color and composition to visitors asking questions Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Participants in Maine Maple Sunday Weekend get a close look at a wood-fired evaporator Saturday, March 21, while touring Beaver Hill Plantation’s sugarhouse in Freedom. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Steve Bennett of Freedom’s Beaver Hill Plantation enjoys a hot dog Saturday, March 21, while he passes the wood-fired evaporator, left, while participating in Maine Maple Sunday Weekend at the plantation’s sugarhouse. Three generations of Bennett’s family were on hand to take questions and assist guests at the event. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Stacy Keating, right, and Alexis Bennett of Beaver Hill Plantation work together Saturday, March 21, while selling maple syrup during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend in Freedom. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Stacy Keating of Beaver Hill Plantation, right, serves ice cream topped with maple syrup Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend in Freedom. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Bolduc family members, from left, Becky Bolduc, daughter Emilia Bolduc, 12, son Thatcher Bolduc, 9, and husband, Jon Bolduc, pass the sugar shack as they tour Beaver Hill Plantation on Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend in Freedom. The family is from Islesboro. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
A sign on the door of the sugarhouse at Cole Farm in Dayton reads “Life is too short for fake maple syrup.” (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)
Andrew Small loads wood into the firebox of the boiler Saturday, March 21, at 207 Tappers in Arundel during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)
Casey Belanger talks about the syrup making process in the sugarhouse at 207 Tappers in Arundel on Saturday, March 21, the first day of Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)
Valerie Cole, who operates the Cole Farm sugarhouse with her husband, Andy, sports maple leaf shaped earrings in the sugarhouse on Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)
Bottles of syrup line the shelves of the Blais Maple Syrup sugar shack retail area Saturday, March 21 during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
People line up outside the sugarhouse at 207 Tappers in Arundel on Saturday, March 21. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)
Andy Cole, left, explains the sap boiling process to Richard Thibault in the sugarhouse Saturday, March 21, at Cole Farm in Dayton. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)
Anthony Bussiere, with a Maine state flag style tattoo, dips fresh doughnuts in vanilla glaze for a customer Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. Bussiere jokingly referred to his role at Pep’s Pure Maple Syrup in Sabattus as “head doughnut engineer.” Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Pep’s Pure Maple Syrup co-owner and sugar maker Tom Edgecomb of Sabattus loads wood to fuel a fire while making syrup Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. Edgecomb said he’ll use just about any kind of wood as long as it’s in smaller pieces, with the exception of maple trees which are not used as fuel at his sugarhouse. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Vintage syrup bottles are on display in the retail area of Pep’s Pure Maple Syrup sugarhouse in Sabattus on Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Steam rises from a vent Saturday, March 21, at the Blais Maple Syrup sugar shack after passing through an evaporator during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. Blais Maple Syrup is at 44 Ledeview Road in Greene, just off of U.S. Route 202. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Addison-Grace Blais, 7, introduces Chedda Bob the cat to Lauren Keches and her toddler Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend at Blais Maple Syrup in Greene. Blais, who was helping to keep track of inventory and give change to customers at the family’s booth, said Chedda Bob was basically the mascot of the weekend. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Maple Rush Sugar House owner and sugar maker Jordan Davis of Sabattus answers questions from visitors Saturday, March 21, about the syrup making process during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Addison-Grace Blais, 7, interacts with a customer buying maple kettle corn Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend at Blais Maple Syrup in Greene. Blais is being supervised by dad Shawn Blais who is also a sugar maker, while the younger Blais made change and keeps track of inventory. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Candy Blais, co-owner of Blais Maple Syrup, shows her maple leaf earrings while in the sugar house Saturday, March 21, during Maine Maple Weekend in Greene. Her husband, Mario Blais, is the head sugar maker at the family-run sugar shack. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Lanettra Nail, 3, holds mom Alihsha Nail’s hand while listening to Stacy Farrand walk through the sample flavors of syrup Saturday, March 21, at Maine Rush Sugar House in Sabattus during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. Farrand, mother-in-law to co-owner Jordan Davis, drew in almost every visitor with free samples and fun explanations. Some maple syrup producers also will be open March 28 and 29; visit mainemapleproducers.com for more information. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image

Rich is a career photojournalist and writer who got his start in newspapers in 1987 at the Fort Morgan Times in Colorado. His appreciation for photography and stories began as a kid while watching slide...

Libby Kamrowski Kenny is a staff photographer at the Sun Journal who came aboard in June 2025. She’s been in journalism longer than that though, as her prematurely graying hair can attest, starting as...

Gregory got his start in journalism delivering his hometown newspaper, the Norwich Bulletin, as a teenager, reading the front page articles on dark winter mornings as he passed under streetlights. Greg...

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