FARMINGTON — A small sap-boiling building burned to the ground Sunday night on Howard Lane off Route 27, Fire Rescue Chief Terry Bell said Monday. Sap-boiling equipment was heavily damaged. The fire was reported at about 7:55 p.m. by a passer-by. The owner, Bill Howard, had been boiling sap earlier in the day but was […]
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Norlands farm equipment on ice
Snow and ice coat an old piece of farm equipment at the Norlands Living History Center in Livermore on Wednesday morning. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal) An old piece of farm equipment sits at the Norlands Living History Center in Livermore on Wednesday morning. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
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Subzero smile in Jay
Devon Darling of Livermore Falls, who has been employed at Riverside Kwik Stop in Jay for more than two years, had a smile — frozen? — on his face while pumping gas in the bitter cold Thursday. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
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Meroby Elementary School 2nd-graders visit sugar shack
MEXICO — Between rain showers Friday afternoon, 45 children from Meroby Elementary School took a field trip to Ray and Ann Carver’s Swift River Maple syrup farm at 275 Swift River Road. They came to learn how the Carvers tap 350 maple trees and boil down the sap into different grades of maple syrup. The children, teachers […]