{"id":79091,"date":"2017-03-23T21:26:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T01:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=79091"},"modified":"2017-03-23T16:27:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T20:27:21","slug":"miller-kicks-off-maple-weekend-open-house-with-ceremonial-tree-tapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=79091","title":{"rendered":"Miller kicks off Maple Weekend open house with ceremonial tree tapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_79092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79092\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=79092\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79092\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79092\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/unnamed-2-1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/unnamed-2-1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/unnamed-2-1-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/unnamed-2-1.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured from left Kristen Tibbitts, Kaitlin Tibbitts, Gordon L. Tibbitts, Assemblyman Brian Miller, Gordon K. Tibbitts, Karri Tibbitts. (Front) Gordon Konner Tibbitts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This past weekend, Assemblyman Brian Miller (R,I-New Hartford) attended a tree tapping ceremony at Tibbitts Maple to kick off Maple Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Miller drilled a ceremonial hole in a maple tree to start collecting tree sap and presented a citation to Tibbitts Maple for its dedication in educating the public about pure New York State maple syrup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoy getting to visit with small business owners who contribute to our local economy,\u201d said Miller. \u201cTibbitts Maple is a local staple and contributes to a large number of maple syrup sales New York state is responsible for. I\u2019m <!--more-->very happy to have been part of this year\u2019s event as it\u2019s a fun and educational time for our residents, and I am a strong supporter of small businesses and their efforts to grow our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maple Weekend Open House is a statewide event that takes place the weekends of March 18-19 and 25-26. Sugar makers from across the state invite the public to their sugarhouses to experience how pure New York maple syrup is made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, Assemblyman Brian Miller (R,I-New Hartford) attended a tree tapping ceremony at Tibbitts Maple to kick off Maple Weekend. Miller drilled a ceremonial hole in a maple tree to start collecting tree sap and presented a citation to Tibbitts Maple for its dedication in educating the public about pure New York State maple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}