More on ice skating

Now here's the scoop on local ice skating, thanks to Upstate Life Magazine (which also features Paintfest pictures in the same issue!!!)

Fortin Park (thanks to some energetic volunteers and the Town of Oneonta) offers ice skating in the hangars, with one rink for ice hockey and one rink for free skating. Each is surrounded by four-foot walls. The lighted rinks are open from dawn to 9pm daily.

Neahwa Park (in the City of Oneonta) offers Hodge Pond (when the okay is given) and an artificial rink next to the tennis courts. The rink is open from 3-6pm weekdays and 10am-6pm weekends with trained skate guards on the premises.

Cooperstown offers a rink at Badger Park on Beaver Street, open from 3-6pm for open skate and 7-9pm for ice hockey (weekdays). On weekends it's ice hockey from 10am-noon and open skate from 1-6pm. They do have skates available for loan.

Norwich offers skating at Borden Park on the north edge of town in an 80 by 200 foot rink. They have 200 pairs of skates for loan and a warming shelter. Weekdays they are open from 4-9pm and on weekends from noon-9pm. Ice hockey is from 9am-noon on Saturdays. Donations are accepted.

Upstate Life Magazine also features some wonderful pictures from The Joseph L. Popp Jr. Butterfly Conservatory this month. The conservatory offers warmth and beauty year round. Additionally, the magazine has a brief guide to area skiing.