2005: The Year That Was
Mainers went to the dogs ? in a good way ? and to war in Iraq, lost an air base and gained a racino, and still found time to take a swim in January.
[Photoshoot]Talk about chilling out! Nearly 500 people dashed into the waves last January 1 at Old Orchard Beach for the seventeenth annual Lobster Dip to raise funds for the Maine Special Olympics.
Frigid temperatures and the threat of a blizzard persuaded offshore fishermen, including this ice-encased New Bedford-based trawler, to seek shelter in Portland Harbor even as new catch limits and fears about declining groundfish stocks further complicated the commercial fishing industry.
