Thomas Bryant, 8, of Newfield, puts the lid on a sap bucket after Gov. Paul LePage drilled the hole for the tap on a maple tree at Blaine House in Augusta on Tuesday.
Gov. Paul LePage, center, starts to drill into a maple tree at the Blaine House in Augusta on Tuesday. Julia Bryant, left, 8, and her brother John Bryant, right, 10, both of Newfield, stand by to help with the annual Maine Maple Sunday promotional tree tapping at the governor's mansion across the street from the Maine State House. The kids, whose family runs Hilltop Boilers in Newfield, have helped at the event for several years.
Gov. Paul LePage holds up a 35th anniversary Maine Maple Sunday bottle during the tree tapping event at the Blaine House in Augusta on Tuesday.
Maine maple products are on display at the tree tapping event at the Blaine House in Augusta on Tuesday. Lone Pine Brewing Company will release a Maple Sunday Breakfast Brown on Sunday that was among the maple products Tuesday.
Special 35th anniversary bottles were featured at the Maine Maple Sunday tree tapping event at the Blaine House in Augusta on Tuesday.
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