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Western New York has had what could be considered an old-fashioned winter, with cold temperatures and snow covering the ground for weeks, even months,...

It’s a signature product in the Southern Tier — indeed, throughout New York state — and only one other state produces more of it. We’re referring to m...

PORTVILLE — Despite crisp, cool temperatures that barely reached above freezing early Saturday, groups of adults and children were waiting their turns...

The snow on the ground was crunchy and underlined with ice earlier this week as Brian Phister drove a four-wheeler on his forest property to check on ...

ASHFORD — The first maple sap was a long time coming this season. Cold temperatures locked the sap in the trees. On Thursday, Brandon Blesy boiled his...

PORTVILLE — Western New York’s Maple Weekends are still a couple of weeks away, but for Sprague’s Maple Farm, every weekend in March is a maple weeken...

PORTVILLE — When forecasters called for warming temperatures a few times earlier this year, Sprague’s Maple Farms in Portville chose not to tap maple ...

After a mostly dismal month for local maple syrup production in March, producers are riding out as many days as they can in April. A survey of three C...

More than just syrup: maple sap is used to make the flavored waters, wine, doughnuts, and more, all available as samplesat Sprague's Maple Farm Saturd...

It’s early March and the maple trees are tapped for gathering their thin, clear sap. It looks exactly like water, but when tasted one can just detect ...

PORTVILLE — Maple syrup production so far this season has been interesting, according to Randy Sprague, owner of Sprague’s Maple Farms. “We started ea...

We’re a bit late on this, as the spring-like weather prevailed the last week of February, but we wanted to catch up on some emails and sightings that ...

A maple enthusiast could easily spend the next two weekends taste-testing the effects of soil, topography and climate on tree sap across Western New Y...

Remember to “spring ahead” and set your clocks one hour forward tonight for daylight savings time, which takes effect officially at 2 a.m. Sunday. Day...

EAST OTTO — The first part of the maple season has been a little disappointing for Jim Ellis. A small producer, Ellis was tempted to tap his maple tre...

PORTVILLE — Sprague’s Maple Farms usually produces between 5,000 and 7,000 gallons of maple syrup a year. Randy Sprague has only to look at the weathe...

PORTVILLE — Cold nights and above-freezing temperatures during the day are a recipe for a good run of maple sap this time of year. By the looks of Ran...

PORTVILLE — Cold nights and above-freezing temperatures during the day are a recipe for a good run of maple sap this time of year. By the looks of Ran...