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From left, Grace Reiter, 7, of Swampscott, Paige Mason, 6, of Boxford and Hanna Jenkins, 7, also of Boxford, look into a bucket of maple sap March 9 during a maple sugaring tour at the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Topsfield. (Photo by Mike Springer)