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Natasha Bailey, right uses a battery operated pump and sprayer Tuesday afternoon to cool off her friend, Muriel Hawkins in the shallow water at the Poland Town Beach on Tripp Lake beside Route 11 in Poland. “I just love it here. It’s so hot in town and so nice and cool here.” she said before squirting her friend.
A pair of young girls float around Tuesday afternoon at Tripp Lake in Poland. Families love to bring children to the Poland Town Beach next to Route 11 as the water is very shallow for several hundred yards off the shore.
Natasha Bailey uses a battery operated pump and sprayer Tuesday afternoon to help keep herself cool as she sits in the shallow water at the Poland Town Beach on Tripp Lake beside Route 11 in Poland. “I just love it here. It’s so hot in town and so nice and cool here.” she said before squirting her friend.
Lexi Dorman, left, paddles back to shore Tuesday with her friend, Ava Newell at the Poland Town Beach next to Route 11 after cruising around the lake. “The heat is so intense, but it’s nice and cool out here and the water is still nice and cool.” said Newell.

 

Photos by Russ Dillingham, staff photographer

Ben Bragdon is managing editor of the Sun Journal. Prior to that, he was deputy managing editor for news at the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Ben was previously editorial page editor for those...