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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ US. POSTAGE PAID POSTAL CUSTOMER GLASTONBURY CITIZEN, INC. LOCAL RIVEREAST PRESORTED STANDARD NewsServing Amston, Andover, Cobalt, East Hampton, Hebron,Bulletin Marlborough, Middle Haddam, Portland, Colchester and Salem Volume 33, Number 51 Published by The Glastonbury Citizen March 13, 2009 Hebron Maple Festival This Weekend by Sarah McCoy The steel buckets hanging from the sides of explained that the ideal syrup-making weather trees can only mean one thing. With spring just features nighttime temperatures in the low 20s, around the corner, the time has come for the with daytime highs in the 40s, with lots of sun 19th annual Hebron Maple Festival. and little to no wind. While this year’s season The festival will be held this year Saturday started off terribly, both sugarers agreed that and Sunday, March 14 and 15, from 10 a.m.-4 the past few weeks have made up for the slow p.m. both days. The affair will feature events start. “This year might prove to be average,” across the town and plenty of food. Palmer said. “That would be a huge achieve- “It’s unique,” Wayne Palmer, owner of ment considering how the season started.” Winding Brook Sugar House and one of the Palmer places taps in over 850 trees. Last coordinators for this year’s festival, said. year, he said, he produced 250 gallons of syrup. “We’re the only town in Connecticut that does “Last year was one of the best in history,” a maple festival and I’ve been told it rivals any- Palmer said. “It was an anomaly but we could thing in Vermont because we’ve kept money get to 200 this year.” out of the equation.” In addition to its use on pancakes and As in years past, there is free admission to waffles, syrup can be used for all different rea- the Maple Festival.
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