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Mike Day, left, and Wayne Slattery repair sap lines Monday in Minot. Slattery, owner of the West Minot Sugarhouse, said lines were damaged when large trees fell this winter. The season has been too cold for sap to start flowing, but rising temperatures will get it running this week, he said. “She needs to get going,” Slattery said he made more maple syrup during February 2024 than the prior 23 Februaries combined. “Last year was a freak year. This February is normal,” he said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Mike Day, left, and Wayne Slattery repair sap lines Monday in Minot. Slattery, owner of the West Minot Sugarhouse, said lines were damaged when large trees fell this winter. The season has been too cold for sap to start flowing, but rising temperatures will get it running this week, he said. “She needs to get going,” Slattery said he made more maple syrup during February 2024 than the prior 23 Februaries combined. “Last year was a freak year. This February is normal,” he said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Mike Day, left, and Wayne Slattery repair sap lines Monday in Minot. Slattery, owner of the West Minot Sugarhouse, said lines were damaged when large trees fell this winter. The season has been too cold for sap to start flowing, but rising temperatures will get it running this week, he said. “She needs to get going,” Slattery said he made more maple syrup during February 2024 than the prior 23 Februaries combined. “Last year was a freak year. This February is normal,” he said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...

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