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By TINKY WEISBLAT

March is Massachusetts Maple Month. Farmers in our area are working around the clock to turn the sap that flows from maple trees into the sweet elixir that New Englanders prize year round.It’s not just full-time farmers who make maple syrup. My friend...

By BELLA LEVAVI

NORTHFIELD — Tree sap being boiled down into maple syrup filled the air with a sweet aroma on Friday as Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner Ashley Randle celebrated the kickoff of Massachusetts Maple Month by ceremonially tapping a maple...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

The groundhog predicted an early end to winter: did that also mean an earlier start to maple sugaring? Apparently so, according to several maple sugarers in the Pioneer Valley.“This is the earliest we’ve ever started,” remarked Chip Williams of the...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Maple sap processing season is short, yet Northfield’s Milt Severance thinks about syrup all year. His sweet vocation will be celebrated this Friday, March 1, when his sugarhouse is singled out to host the Ceremonial Tapping that kicks off Maple...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — Though an unoccupied single-family home at 15 Maple St. sustained heavy damage from a fire that started in the attic Monday night, no one was injured, according to Fire Chief Robert Strahan.Reports of smoke showing from the roof of the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Academy at Charlemont biology teacher Will Miller does not take living and working along the Deerfield River for granted. In fact, he incorporates the rich resources around him into project-based learning. Now, Miller’s place-based...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — Helen Gould, the woman behind one of Franklin County’s famed maple sugaring breakfast restaurants, died in her home on March 30. She was 96.“Our family is proud of all the hard work and love that Mom shared with Dad, continuing our dairy...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

March is maple month. I love walking down the road with my dog and peering into the containers along the way to see how much sap they have collected. The season has had its ups and downs this year, but as I write this, it has been a pretty good one...