Diane Valden in the Columbia Paper reports that the Town of Copake is fixing its long-dormant ice skating rink, and upgrading it for pickleball courts in the summer. At a March 9 meeting, the town board approved almost $80,000 for the improvements. The town will start with two pickleball courts, but has room for two more if demand warrants. While ice skating has been around 4,000 years according to Wikipedia, pickleball is new and Copake Highway Superintendent/Park Superintendent Bill Gregory said it has “somehow become incredibly popular in Copake and everywhere else.” Read more about this story in the Columbia Paper.