Friends Christina Petersen and Dorothy Nemetz, both of Northampton, skate around the Connecticut River Oxbow near Old Springfield Road in Northampton on Monday afternoon, Jan. 24, 2022.
Friends Christina Petersen and Dorothy Nemetz, both of Northampton, skate around the Connecticut River Oxbow near Old Springfield Road in Northampton on Monday afternoon, Jan. 24, 2022. Credit: —STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

NORTHAMPTON – Friends Christina Petersen and Dorothy Nemetz, both of Northampton, skated a couple of laps around the perimeter of the Connecticut River Oxbow on Monday afternoon.

Kevin Gutting can be reached at kgutting@gazettenet.com.