Turkey Street Maples in Chocorua, seen during its first boil of 2026 at the beginning of March. (COURTESY PHOTO)
CONWAY — Welcome to the sweetest weekend of the year, as member sugar ouses of the New Hampshire Maple Producers Association host open houses today and Sunday, March 21 and 22.
It’s also Maine Maple Sunday Weekend, March 21-22, presented by members of the Maine Maple Producers Association.
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Members of the Eldridge maple crew stand together at the Eldridge Family Sugar House and Ice Cream Shoppe in Tamworth on March 7. From left: Scott and Terri Eldridge; shop worker Hannah Smith; Matt and Erica Theriault and their kids Greyson, 5, and Rylee, 10; and Brittney and Brandon Eldridge and their kids Bodie, 2, and Adaylnn, 12. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Scott Brooks Sr. stands with his daughter Maureen and daughter-in-law Quincy at Brooks Family Sugar House in Freedom on March 9. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Sugar maker Greg Brossart stokes the evaporator fire at the Believe in Books Literacy Foundation's 100 Acre Wood sugar shack in Intervale on March 7. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Andy Grigel (left) and Ken Crowther, with dog Mack, stand outside Black Mountain Sugarhouse in Jackson on March 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Nate Hutchins, of Nate and Kate's Maple, stands by the 3,000-gallon tank for sap in his great-grandfather's maple orchard in Chatham on March 10. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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