Katherine Jacobs, center, of Rhode Island and Whitney Wotkyns of Mass., watch as Tony Wilbur of Peak's Island slips and slides on the icy bricks in City Center in Portland Sunday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

A couple holds on while making their way gingerly across icy brick sidewalks along Free Street in Portland as a cold rain falls Sunday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

Violet Sparling, 4, of South Portland has some fun with seaweed while exploring Pond Cove in Cape Elizabeth with her parents, Jackie and Christian, and her baby brother, Olin, 8 mos., Sunday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

Tom Hudson of South Portland tackles a wave at Pond Cove in Cape Elizabeth Sunday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

Sisters-in-law Suzanne McGee of New Jersey, left, and Karen McGee of Mass., steady each other while making their way across icy bricks in City Center as a cold rain falls in Portland Sunday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer

Ross Myers of D.R. Cleaning spreads salt in front of 24 City Center as a cold rain falls in Portland Sunday. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer