Mild winter means less maple syrup in Connecticut

ASHFORD — Bill Proulx is used to being busier this time of year. Proulx, a retired East Hartford police officer, has been making maple syrup at the River’s Edge Sugar House in Ashford for more than two decades. This season, he fears, will be the shortest of any previous years.  “I’ve never seen conditions this warm this early in my 25 years of making syrup,” Proulx said. To continue to make a good product, Proulx noted that nights need to be […]