Returning features at the Ice Castles include ice sculptures and slides, a tubing hill and the Polar Pub ice bar where customers 21 years old and up can order a boozy hot cocoa, s

The Ice Castles of New Hampshire are having one of their earliest opening dates ever. Douglas Dorsey worked on the shop floor at Boeing as an engineer for over 30 years. He said problems began in the late 1990s during a merger.

The cold snap New England is going through means Ice Castles is almost ready to open in New Hampshire. The North Woodstock attraction will open the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 10, according to an announcement Monday,