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Ice being made at Potsdam's Pine Street Arena for skating season starting Sunday

Posted 10/4/16

By CRAIG FREILICH POTSDAM – Ice is being laid at Pine Street Arena for the fall and winter skating programs which get under way Sunday, Oct. 9 with public skating from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The schedule …

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Ice being made at Potsdam's Pine Street Arena for skating season starting Sunday

Posted

By CRAIG FREILICH

POTSDAM – Ice is being laid at Pine Street Arena for the fall and winter skating programs which get under way Sunday, Oct. 9 with public skating from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

The schedule for public skating sessions is Monday through Friday from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m., Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m., and Sunday 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Parent-tot skates are set from Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 to 11 a.m.

Senior skates are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 11 a.m.

Adults will pay $2 each, students $1, and kids under six, free. Skate rentals are $3. The arena has more small-sized skates this year, according to Recreation Director Tim Carey.

Open hockey sessions, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, cost $3 per skater. Full equipment is recommended, but helmets are required.

Youth open hockey sessions will be from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. during school vacations and on snow days. The cost is $2 per skater.

These schedule can change to accommodate special events and opportunities during school vacations.

The joint town and village recreation program has adult and child sized  snowshoes available this year.

Community swims at SUNY Potsdam’s Merritt Hall pool will be on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 through March 15, for $1 per swimmer; kids 5 and under are free.

The arena also plays host to the Potsdam Figure Skating Club (Potsdamfsc.org, Potsdamfsv@gmail.com) and Potsdam Junior Hockey (potsdamhockey.org, barteljd@potsdam.edu.

More information on the recreation programs, call 265-4030 or email tcarey@vi.potsdam.ny.us