Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans Jon Ramgren clears snow from his property on Edgemont Avenue in Waterville on Wednesday.

Staff photo by Andy Molloy A cedar waxwing consumes a berry on a tree Tuesday at the Gardiner Common. Flocks of the birds descended upon fruit trees at the Common to eat during the storm.

Cyrena Touchton attempts to shovel the sidewalk Tuesday in whiteout conditions at Harvey’s Hardware in Gardiner. Despite blowing snow and high winds, the store was open for customers in need of emergency supplies.

Central Maine Power linemen Sam Pottle, left, and Wayne Piper prepare Tuesday to saw down a tree while restoring electric service to a residence in Hallowell. Piper and Pottle cut down trees and repaired wires in gusts up to 30 miles-per-hour in whiteout conditions.

Alan Brickett struggles to walk in the blowing snow in Waterville during the snow storm on Tuesday. “This weather is very intense out here,” Brickett said.

Staff photo by Craig Crosby Officials at the Maine Emergency Management Agency offices in Augusta monitor the snow storm Tuesday morning.

Plow trucks were out in force and had little traffic on Route 139 in Benton during the early part of the snow storm on Tuesday.

The snow storm on Tuesday did not deter Mark Kahler from taking his dogs out for their morning walk in Troy.

Staff photo by Scott Monroe Kirk Lachance, an employee of he Waterville Public Works Department, plows a sidewalk in downtown Waterville on Tuesday morning.

A plow truck driver clears the Cumberland Farms parking lot during a winter storm around 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday in Gardiner.

There was one customer having breakfast at the Hi-Hat Pancake House in Farmingdale during a winter storm around 5:46 a.m. on Tuesday. “We never close,” said waitress Samantha Preshong.

Snow drifts over the road as pickup heads down Water Street during a winter storm around 6:10 a.m. on Tuesday in downtown Gardiner.

Staff photo by Scott Monroe Barely visible bootprints on Main Street in downtown Waterville Tuesday as a snow storm engulfs central Maine.

City of Augusta plow truck driver waves to a Maine Department of Transportation plow truck driver as they pass on State Street near the Augusta Hallowell border Tuesday.

Vitaly St. Thomas, left, and David Morris, 18 both 18, of West Gardiner, at the West Gardiner Service Plaza.

A Waterville Public Works grader clears the nearly deserted Main Street in Waterville on Tuesday.

Seth Butler, a junior at Colby College, makes snow angels in front of Miller Library on campus in Waterville on Tuesday.

Snow freezes to the face of David Morris, 18 of West Gardiner, as he shovels at the West Gardiner Service Plaza Tuesday morning.

Steve Libby clears a fire hydrant with his snowblower on West Street in Waterville on Tuesday.

Zach Sanborn, 20, offers help to Ashley Fitzpatrick, who got stuck on Center Street in Waterville on Tuesday.

Eric Lopez walks his broken bike down Burleigh Street as snow falls in Waterville on Tuesday

A man attempts to blow snow from his driveway in Augusta Tuesday.

Nick Cotter digs away at a snowbank in front of his vehicle that became stuck in Winslow on Tuesday. With help from some friends Cotter managed to free the car.

Dominic Norton walks his bike down Sherman Street in Waterville as a blizzard bears down on the region Tuesday.

The responder crew at the Maine Emergency Management center Tuesday in Augusta.

A man hands a box over a snowbank on Water Street in Gardiner. Drifts and banks several feet high obstructed people from crossing the road during the blizzard.

A person walks down the mildly of an empty Water Street in downtown Augusta during Tuesday’s storm.

John Ramsay, of JR Energy Services, climbs over the snow pile between road and sidewalk after delivering fuel in front of a Water Street business in downtown Augusta around 8 a.m. Wednesday.

A front end loader pushes snow from a driveway on south side of the State House in Augusta around 6:50 a.m. on Wednesday. State and legislative offices are back open today following the storm.

Crystal Callahan shovels the front of her home in Augusta on Wednesday following Tuesday’s big storm.

Scott Andrews shovels the sidewalk in front of a Water Street business in downtown Augusta around 8:05 a.m. on Wednesday, the day after a winter storm clobbered New England.

Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans Jon Ramgren clears his minivan free of snow as he clears out his property on Egdemont Avenue in Waterville on Wednesday.

Tom St. Germain of the Chore Store clears large chunks of snow from the Waterville business parking lot Wednesday.

Throwing snow on to a six-foot snowbank on Wednesday, Andrea Shorty and Troy Eafrati clear snow from Tuesday’s storm at their home in Waterville. People were out in force with shovels, snowblowers and plows clearing a foot or more of snow.

Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans Jon Ramgren clears snow from his property on Edgemont Avenue in Waterville on Wednesday.

Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans Jon Ramgren clears snow from his property on Edgemont Avenue in Waterville on Wednesday.

Jon Ramgren clears his minivan free of snow as he clears out his property on Edgemont Avenue in Waterville on Wednesday.

Sam and Michelle Friel help a motorist who was stuck in the snow on Johnson Heights in Waterville.