By THOMAS P. CALDWELL, LACONIA DAILY SUN
PLYMOUTH — Eric Kelsey’s announcement that it was another down year in which there was “zero” maple syrup production from Mount Washington brought a few chuckles, but for most of those attending the fifth annual Climate and Pancake Breakfast at Plymouth State University, the possibility of a decline in maple syrup production was no laughing matter.
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