FRYEBURG, Maine — Despite getting off to a slow start, with the arrival of more springlike temperatures last weekend, the delayed sap season is at last underway, according to local producers interviewed Sunday.
Syrup producers like temperatures in the low 40s during the day and in the 20s at night.
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