

Snow blows around the Maine State House in background, as City of Augusta relief plow truck driver Francois Roodman turns truck 740 from Chamberlain Street onto Capital Street around 9:20 a.m. on Thursday in Augusta.
A man clears his driveway on Mayflower Hill Drive as snow continues to fall in Waterville on Thursday.
Carroll Dyer is covered in a layer of snow while using a snowblower to clear snow from his driveway in Winslow duringstorm on Thursday.
Snow blows around as a car drives on State Street past the Maine State House on Thursday in Augusta. State government offices were closed for the day because of the snowstorm.
City of Augusta relief plow truck driver Francois Roodman steers truck 740 into the Memorial Circle around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday in Augusta. Roodman said that whenever his route takes into one of the roundabouts on either of Memorial Bridge that he takes several laps around it to get all the lanes plowed out.
Hallowell Public Works plow truck driver Todd Talon clears snow from Perleys Lane around 5:25 a.m. on Thursday in Hallowell.
Dave and Deborah Doreau found it easier to get around on snowshoes while trekking on Mayflower Hill Drive in Waterville during storm on Thursday.
Raz Elhouri shovels off a car on Commercial Street around 10:15 a.m. on Thursday in Augusta as a snowstorm engulfed the region.
There is mirror on the front of the plow truck so that the driver can see what the wing blade on the side is doing.
Plow truck driver Jake Allen has breakfast around 5:55 a.m. on Thursday at Farmingdale's Hi-Hat Drive In. Allen's truck is parked out front and he said he had been plowing driveways since around 3 a.m.
City of Augusta relief plow truck driver Francois Roodman plows on the city's West Side around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday in Augusta.
City of Augusta relief plow truck driver Francois Roodman has his hand on the levers that control the plow and wing blades as he plows West Side streets on Thursday in Augusta.
City of Augusta relief plow truck driver Francois Roodman moves the levers that control the plow and wing blades as he prepares to back up on Thursday in Augusta.
A man clears his driveway on Mayflower Hill Drive as snow continues to fall in Waterville on Thursday.
Sister Nicole Seller shovels snow from a vehicle covered with snow in Winslow on Thursday.
Augusta Public Works director Lesley Jones moves drivers' names around on the magnetic board in the John Charest Public Works Facility as day shift drivers take over for ones that worked overnight during a snowstorm on Thursday in Augusta.
A large screen monitor at the John Charest Public Works facility shows the position of city trucks as they plow snow on Thursday in Augusta.
Snow swirls around the salt/ sand shed as Francois Roodman drives a front end loader over to refill his plow truck around 7 a.m. on Thursday in Augusta. Roodman was re-supplying after having been plowing since around 1 a.m.
A Winslow Public Works plow truck slowly pushes snow off a town street during snowstorm on Thursday.
Blowing snow swirls about as a truck drives down Water Street around 6:10 a.m. on Thursday in downtown Gardiner.
Driver Andrea Benito got some help from Sabrina Perri, who shoveled snow away from wheels after van got stuck in street in Waterville during snowstorm on Thursday.
A snowman stands on display with a shovel on Fairmont Street in Waterville on Thursday as a snowstorm descended on the region.
A tractor trailer truck drives out of toll booths onto Interstate 95 North around 6:19 a.m. on Thursday in West Gardiner. Blowing snow limited visibility and the speed limit was down to 45 mph on the highway.
City of Augusta relief plow truck driver Francois Roodman plows West Side streets on Thursday in Augusta.
A Waterville Public Works grader operator waits for traffic to go by while driving up one-way Main Street clearing snow from downtown on Thursday.