Ryan Pero, of South Royalton checks his phone in a break from firing the arch at Dale Lyman's sugar house in Hartford, Vt., Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Pero is Lyman's daughter's boyfriend and helps with the heavy lifiting during sugaring season which is off to a slow start compared with recent years. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
