Is it January 2009 (or October 2005, March 2006, November 2006, November 2007, or May 2008) again, or are you just hallucinating? Or is the air just pre-gaming for tomorrow's National Pancake Day? We received two independent scentings of maple syrup—one on the Upper West Side and one in New Jersey—so we put on our deerstalker hat to investigate. more ›

Mayor Bloomberg and other city officials may have named North Bergen, NJ factory Frutarom as the source of the mysterious maple syrup smell that wafts into New York City every so often, but Frutarom and North Bergen beg to differe. Frutarom sent an e-mail to the Star-Ledger, "We have been made aware of the statements made by Mayor Bloomberg this morning regarding the source of the maple-syrup odors in NYC. The naming of our company as one of those potentially contributing to this condition came as a surprise to us." more ›