After a year off, Maine Maple Sunday weekend has a triumphant first day back

Maine Maple Sunday, one of the busiest days of the year for maple producers and farmers in central and western Maine, made its triumphant return Saturday after it was canceled last year due to the coronavirus.

Maine Maple Sunday returns to Oxford Hills

Area producers participating in Maine Maple Sunday

Farms open this weekend to offer products and give demonstrations.

In photos: Despite a pandemic, Maine’s maple season remains just as sweet

Pure maple syrup is a beautiful thing, sweet, with complex flavors, and it can only come from boiling the sap from a tree, a time-consuming process dependent on the weather. This year was off to a slow start with a warm January and "stone cold" February, according to Michael Bryant of Hilltop Boilers in Newfield. But the sap is running in March, and the coming week should be a good one if it doesn't get too warm. Maine Maple Sunday is March 28, but this year the 38th annual event will have adjusted hours and options because of the coronavirus pandemic. Press Herald photographers visited some southern Maine makers busy producing syrup last week.

What to expect from the return of Maine Maple Sunday, with restrictions

Maple producers all over the state will participate this weekend, selling syrup and treats, but many won't have crowded events like pancake breakfasts, sugar house tours or wagon rides.

Few syrup producers participate in fall maple weekend

Two syrup producers in Franklin County and the Livermore area participated in the Maple Syrup Association's fall maple weekend.

It’s not Maine Maple Sunday, but this new fall event will do

Thirty maple farms throughout the state, including farms in Albion, Clinton, Buxton and Sidney, are gearing up to host open houses this weekend instead of the traditional Maine Maple Sunday on the fourth Sunday in March.

Maine Maple Producers Weekend event planned by trade group

New recipe contest and virtual components celebrate pure Maine maple

Maine maple syrup producers will hold open weekend after all

The event will finally take place this fall.

Maple syrup producers push for federal assistance

Syrup producers seek eligibility for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program created through the CARES Act.