Plenty of young kids tap a few maple trees, inspired by the sweet promise of maple syrup. Few become enamored with it to the point of kickstarting a family business. Cooper Deane, who helps run ...

The River Trail Nature Center’s Maple Syrup Festival was free and included naturalist hikes into the woods, demonstrations on drilling and tapping trees, sap collection, and the old-fashioned ...

BRATTLEBORO — Ben is 32 years old and the sixth generation to work at the Robb Farm. In 1907 his family moved to Ames Hill in West Brattleboro and began a farming operation. For many years the land ...

My late father planted the tree back in 1993, and he and Mom dedicated it to my sister and me, naming it “Shelly,” a mix of Shawn and Kelly. I was 21 and away at college at the time.

CHARLEVOIX — What started as a family tradition five generations ago has grown into a family business. This season, Parsons Centennial Farm began its 125th year of tapping maple trees, now, on a ...

The O'Brien Maple Grove produces gallons of syrup and generations of memories. Each Saint Patrick's Day weekend, generations of the O'Brien clan gather in the family's maple grove to tap the sap ...

After bringing back to life the family’s sap house in 2012, Tree Juice continued to grow. “We tapped 500 trees, we made some syrup,” Fairbairn said.