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Dean (left) and Amy Balmforth of Mexico ducked into the sugar house at Swain Family Farm in Bethel to warm up and learn about the sugaring process from owner Ruel Swain on Maine Maple Sunday. The two were making a day of it, with plans to visit several farms that afternoon. Nicole Carter / Advertiser Democrat

Nicole joined Sun Journal’s Western Maine Weeklies group in 2019 as a staff writer for the Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser. Later she moved over to the Advertiser Democrat where she covers...