James Rada, Jr. Fun Facts: Although maple trees are found on other continents, no other continent’s maples can compare in sweetness to the sugar maple trees in North America. It takes an average of 40 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup. As spring approaches in the area, maple sap is flowing into…

James Rada, Jr. This year marks 50 years of celebrating the area’s maple-syrup-making heritage at the Cunningham Falls Maple Syrup Festival. “A lot of families produced maple syrup on their farms and homesteads, and we wanted to preserve that heritage and teach people about something not well known about this area,” said Ranger Travis Watts…

Selfless Volunteers Build New Playground in Mount Tabor Park A wonderful group of volunteers from Mt. Tabor Churches donated their time, labor, and tools to build a new playground in the Mount Tabor Park.         Volunteers from Mt. Tabor Churches complete spreading 64 cubic yards of playground mulch and installing borders and…