When I was a kid growing up over by Neveln Elementary School, I was what’s called a "rink rat." My friends and I were down at the skating rink at Neveln practically every winter night, regardless of ...

LOMBARD, Ill. (WLS) -- Roller rinks were once a huge draw for kids and adults alike in most towns, but now they are disappearing from the landscape much in the same way as drive-in movie theaters.

BAINBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- On Thanksgiving Day in 1947, the owners flipped the switch on the Chagrin Valley Roller Rink. And “Rink Rats” today are still enjoying “all-skates” at the Chagrin Valley ...

An afternoon skate at the Lombard Roller Rink can still take you back to childhood. For '80s babies and those a little older, the roller rink remains a nostalgic scene, a place that looks frozen in ...

After you skate for a while, you become an amphibian of movement. You adapt to the freedom and speed of it all, and the momentum of ice becomes as natural as walking. Sometimes, when I haven’t gotten ...