CORTLAND — Brian Bathory never imagined he’d be getting back on roller skates after a few close calls as a kid.

The Masury man said he attended a birthday party at a skating rink when his three kids were younger and decided to give it another try.

He recently visited Cortland Roller Rink with son, Aiden, 14, and said the exercise and social interaction drew him back in.

“I skated as a kid a couple of times, and I fell a couple of times, and I was like, ‘I’m not doing this,'” he said, explaining he had a change of heart because “Of all the things it’s good for, it’s just a lot of fun.”

October is national roller-skating month, and the rink, 290 S. High St., has been a part of the community for decades.

Rink manager Jordan Miller said a dance hall on the property opened in 1921. It tran

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