CONWAY — Welcome to spring, which means it’s time for Maine and New Hampshire Maple Weekend, where at long last the sap is running — and so are all the candidates for various town, state and federal offices.
Be sure to check out the feature story in this edition for the sweet scoop on all the open houses taking place throughout the region this weekend. The joke in the office has always been that “Tom’s sweet on maple sugaring,” which is true — which is ironic, because as a Type 1 diabetic since age 10, sampling the maple syrup on scoops of vanilla ice cream is a chancy but worthy risk when Maple Weekend rolls around.
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