Ice skate pond lights delayed until spring

The installation of permanent lights at the ice skate pond will not be completed this winter after early freezing conditions and shipping delays hindered progress on the project according to Parks and Recreation Director Stephanie Payne.

The project aimed to make the ice skate pond safer and generate more use by the community during the winter by putting up lights on two poles next to the pond.

Payne said that Rock-N-Road Construction donated time to dig a trench and install an underground conduit to run cables between the poles, but after the heavy snowfall followed by freezing temperatures i...