We celebrated our maple sugaring heritage! Around the Common March 29, 2008

Approximately 300 visitors joined us in our celebration this year. The previous night's snow fall didn't keep many folks away, though they waited until the roads cleared a bit to begin their day. Some of the sugarhouses welcomed 60+ visitors!

We want to thank the generous donations to our Festival made by White's Market, Mooselook Restaurant, Lancaster Shaw's, Bernard & Laurie LaBounty, Gary Fournier, Larry & Charlotte Amadon, Chet & Sharon Stockwell, Wes & Fran Colby, Angelo & Janice Vozzella, Judy Young, Biz-Z-Bee Farm, The Lads and Lassies 4-H Club, Gail Betts, and Al & Loretta Pitt. We also want to thank the Old Home Day Committee and NE Methodist Church for adding to our pancake breakfast a delicious lunch and dinner.

The winners of our free door prize and scavenger hunt drawings and our maple-flavored pie contest are:         Christian Aldrich of Lyndonville - saw blade painted by Harriet Whitehead; Clark Colby of Lunenburg - $20 gift certificate to Biz-Z-Bee Farm; Terri Parks of Dalton - basket of jellies, maple syrup and note cards; James Baker of Lancaster - maple popcorn; Maggie Tenney of Lancaster - first place ribbon in the fruit pie catagory; Becky Lawson of Lunenburg - first place ribbon in the nut pie catagory; and Aleah Dupont of Lunenburg - first place ribbon in the cream pie catagory and Pamper's Chef cooling rack and pie server as the pie contest grand champion.