Homemade zamboni has led to smooth skating in Watertown

Watertown Public Services Superintendent Bill Boettner and seasonal staffer Logan Pysick created this zamboni out of supplies the city already owned to better care for the ice this year at Grove Street Rink. (Photo courtesy of the City of Watertown)

It might not look as impressive as the full-sized zambonis used at indoor ice arenas throughout the state, and it probably doesn’t function quite as well either.

But when it comes to outdoor skating rinks, you’d be hard pressed to find a more effective and efficient method of maintaining the ice than the device created this year by a pair of Watertown city staffers. The makeshift zamboni, the work of first-year Public Service Superintendent Bill Boettner and seasonal staffer Logan Pysick, has not only significantly improved the quality of the ice at the Grove Street Rink, it’s also created a few smiles along the way.

  
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