Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The $2.2 million project to Rink 2 includes a new refrigeration system, boards and bleachers.
The first upgrades to the second ice rink at Essex County’s Richard Codey Arena since it opened in 1983 were unveiled yesterday. The ribbon cutting of the $2.2 million project drew county officials and elected representatives into the chilled air of Rink 2 on Monday. The work included modernizing the refrigeration system, repainting the rink, adding a new concrete floor under the ice surface and outside the rink, and replacing new boards and bleachers. The improvements, said Daniel Salvante, director of the Essex County Department of Parks, “have really put us into the 21st century as far as how we can maintain the ice.” Salvante added the upgrades, begun in April, could not have come to at a better time. The rink is constantly used by…
Friday, February 11, 2011
Lace up for the Friday night skate party on Littel's Pond.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Join your neighbors at Littel’s Pond under the stars tonight, Friday, Feb. 11 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The Friday Night Skate party will include music and a bond fire. The crew from the Livingston Department of Recreation & Parks was out this afternoon tending the ice on a homemade zamboni machine. The weather is perfect and the ice is ready! Bring your skates and hot chocolate.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Do you like to ice skate, but are deterred by the frigid winter temperatures? Nearby Codey Arena is the answer.
Do you like to ice skate, but are deterred by the frigid winter temperatures? If so, you are in luck. The Richard J. Codey Arena in nearby West Orange has two full-sized ice rinks available to the public. Renovated in 2005, the arena is one of the most desirable and affordable places to skate in the Livingston area. It's also home to the Livingston High School boys hockey team. Codey Arena provides a fun, family atmosphere (see below for "open skate" prices). In addition to open skate, the Arena also allows visitors to reserve one of the rinks for three hours for $100. Every additional hour is priced at $40. This option is a good idea for those looking to throw their child a birthday party, as the price is much cheaper in comparison to …
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Patriot
8:22 pm on Sunday, September 30, 2012
$2.2 million dollars on an upgrade? Are you mad? In this economy? This is nothing but reckless abandon. Absolutely disgusting.......just another method of bankrupting our country and destroying the middle class with Agenda 21 principles. taxpayers do not want our hard earned taxes spent this way. Anyone connected with this should be run out of town and never allowed to hold another position. more ›