Public skating resumes at Schenectady County rec facility – Times Union

Pete DeMola

Sep. 16, 2021

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GMSVS Storm senior Maddie LeBel during a Capital District High School Hockey League game against Bethlehem at the Schenectady County Recreational Facility on Friday, Jan. 24, 2019. The rink was reopened in September 2021 after being closed since March 2020 because of the pandemic. (Jim Franco/Special to the times Union.)

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2of3GMSVS Storm senior Joshua Mastromarchi skates in front of Bethlehem sophomore William Bievenue during a Capital District High School Hockey League game at the Schenectady County Recreational Facility on Friday, Jan. 24, 2019 (Jim Franco/Special to the times Union.)James FrancoShow MoreShow Less

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SCHENECTADY — The Schenectady County Recreational Facility has resumed public skating hours. Public skating is now available on Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturdays from 2 to 4 p.m. 

Visitors can use the facility, which has not offered public skating since March 2020, for figure skating, ice hockey and learn-to-skate programs. Masks are required in all county facilities and participants will need to sign in for contact tracing purposes.

Additional information, including the full rink schedule and admission prices, is available at schenectadycounty.com/recreation-center.

The facility is home to the Schenectady Youth Hockey Association, Burnt Hills/Ballston Spa High School Hockey, Storm High School Hockey and numerous adult hockey leagues.

Pete DeMola reports on the city of Schenectady and the towns of Glenville, Rotterdam and Ballston Spa. He previously reported for the Daily Gazette and Sun Community News in the Adirondacks, where he won the New York Press Association’s 2015 Writer of the Year Award for his investigative reporting. He previously lived in Beijing, where he reported on pop culture for several domestic publications and social media companies, as well as worked for a record label. He’s a 2005 graduate of Syracuse University. You can reach him at pete.demola@timesunion.com.

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