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Dippers enter the water during the 28th annual Lobster Dip at Old Orchard Beach. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Valerie Crooker Clemens of Uniondale, Pa., emerges from the water Friday after the annual Lobster Dip at Old Orchard Beach. She wore a 1920s wool swimsuit and hat. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Kathleen Beecher prepares to enter the water Friday. She raised nearly $5,000 – the most of the 335 participants – to benefit Special Olympics Maine. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Portland resident Mary Baumer emerges from the water. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Dippers plunge into 47-degree water. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Maine State Police from Troop D stand ready to assist dippers. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer