When Brian Hughes began collecting maple syrup last year, in early March, he had to plow trails through snow that was thigh high. This year, when he started on the last day of January, he was driving ...

The maple syrup season started as a dud, but as time went by the sweet sap poured from the trees. “We started in early March and the first two weeks we got nothing. We didn’t have the temperature ...

On a cold, February day in the hills of the Finger Lakes, thousands of leafless maple trees stood dormant, waiting patiently for the kiss of spring. Armed with a hammer and drill, Aaron Wightman ...