The Boston Globe

For New Englanders, backyard ice skating rinks are like the swimming pools of winter — and often more sought-after

When the sun goes down in the winter, Sarah Maguire sends her husband Ryan outside to their Milton backyard skating rink to perform what she calls “ice maintenance.” With their yellow lab, Sully, by ...
AOL

An Airbnb for backyard pools? With this app, you can rent them by the hour.

Years ago, startups called Uber and Airbnb changed the way Americans thought about taxicabs and hotels. An app named Swimply is attempting another paradigm shift. This time, the subject is swimming ...
CBS News

Northeast Philadelphia man's backyard ice rink is a labor of love maintained over "a lot of sleepless nights"

A family in Philadelphia's Fox Chase neighborhood is making the most of the chilly weather. They've converted their backyard into an ice skating rink, and it's now in its 10th year running. "I ...
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So you want to build an ice rink in your tiny Brooklyn backyard?

Ice-skating at one of the city’s public rinks can be annoying: schlepping your stuff on the subway, sometimes with a child in tow; lines; rental fees; and dodging speed-demon teens or stumbling ...
KRDO

Northeast Philadelphia man’s backyard ice rink is a labor of love maintained over “a lot of sleepless nights”

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A family in Philadelphia’s Fox Chase neighborhood is making the most of the chilly weather. They’ve converted their backyard into an ice skating rink, and it’s now ...