Rob Doherty pulls tight the plastic as he floods his backyard rink, in the front of his home, in North Andover. Doherty knows now not to lay his rink's 6-millimeter liner down until it's ready to be filled with water. Doing it beforehand can oftentimes result in sticks and stones ripping it or visiting deer tearing it to shreds, he says.
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12/29/14

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