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ESSEX JUNCTION â For many years, the voicemail message of one Essex Junction resident went like this: You ve reached John FitzGerald. Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Thank you.
FitzGerald, a nearly 50-year Village resident and man known for his generous service to the community, turned 90 years-old Wednesday.
His children and friends are throwing him a party this Saturday, so family and neighbors can show him their love and gratitude.
âHe always said the town was going to educate eight of his children, so he got very involved with town politics,â his only daughter, Kathy, said. âHeâs a man of principle.â
Acer saccharum At first, it might seem counterintuitive to plant red maple in a sugar maple forest. Red maples can be tapped, but the sap is a little less sweet, meaning it requires more boiling to make desirable syrup. Red maple doesn t live as long as sugar maple, but it has a few advantages: a broader range, more adaptability to different conditions, and characteristics unappealing to the forest tent caterpillar, a pest that munches sugar maple leaves with abandon. At UVM s Proctor Maple Research Center, researchers have tapped more and more red maples; the trees now account for some 25 percent of taps, according to Mark Isselhardt, UVM Extension s maple specialist.
Maple sugaring: A ritual older than Vermont vtcng.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vtcng.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.