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Leonel Reyes looks Monday for the next maple tree to tap in Sabattus. Reyes finished hanging 1,500 buckets Sunday and touched up maple tubing Monday in anticipation of a sap run Tuesday and Wednesday. “The sap is really going to run good,” Jillson’s Farm & Sugarhouse owner Ed Jillson said about rising daytime temperatures this week. “The season is starting right on time,” he said.
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DEAR SUN SPOTS: Is there going to be a Maine Maple Sunday this year? If so, what weekend is it happening and do we know what sugar houses in the area will participate? Bernice, no town
UpdatedThu, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:48 am CT
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Leander Bugs and his wife, Clarice Bugs, founded Lee s Dairy Treat. (Karen Pilarski/Patch)
BROOKFIELD, WI The octagon-shaped building of Lee s Dairy Treat stands out as you drive along West Greenfield Avenue. Especially at night, the blue neon sign is quite visible.
The exterior of the building at 14040 W. Greenfield Ave. has not changed much in the ice-cream shop s 50-year history except a new ice cream cone-shaped road sign, ice cream cone-shaped garbage cans, the ability to accept credit cards, as well as an expanded outdoor seating area.
Leander Bugs and his wife, Clarice Bugs, established Lee s Dairy Treat on April 2, 1971. The couple was driving and saw a for-sale sign on the building. At the time, Leander was a factory worker and felt he needed a change, said Nikolas Janik, Lee s vice president of operations and grandson of Leander Bugs, who died in 1999.