Zachary Bennett, 3, catches a snowflake on his tongue while helping his father Nate clear snow in front of their house in Scarborough on Friday.
Casey Tucker of MaineWorks shovels off the bleachers at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland on Friday. Three state championship football games are scheduled to be played at Fitzpatrick Stadium on Saturday, so the city of Portland hired extra help to get the stadium ready after Friday's snowfall.
Calvin Mueller, age 2, in Portland seriously considers the taste of snow.
Friday’s snow caught these Jack-O-Lanterns by surprise.
Lyra enjoying the snow in Portland Friday morning. No stranger to snow, Lyra came to Maine from the Midwest three years ago.
Louis Mendell, 5, stands in front of Ocean Ave. Elementary School in Portland. Louis walked to kindergarten today and is reported to have eaten 'about a pound of snow.'
Tanya Gagne's 4-month-old puppy, Willow, gets her first taste of snow in Cumberland.
A front end loader plows snow near the Maine State House in Augusta on Friday.
8-month-old Ivy Cliche gets her first sled ride, being pulled by her mom Erin Cliche in Kennebunk.
Pedestrians trudge through the snow in downtown Portland on Friday morning.
Goats Hansel and Gretel in Gray. Gretel is the one looking dubious. Merredith Hersey photo
A woman walks up Congress Street with a coffee in the snow on Friday morning.
Sammy, a rescue dog from California, is spending his first winter in Maine. His owner thinks he's not sure what this snow stuff is about.
A snowy and wet view out to Baxter Boulevard along the barely visible Back Cove.
Zachary Bennett, 3, helps his father Nate clear snow in front of their house in Scarborough as Southern Maine deals with first major snowstorm on Friday.
Tucker Fitzmaurice runs a snowblower past a sleds displayed in the Reny's window on Water Street in downtown Gardiner on Friday.
John Barrows shovels snow in downtown Augusta. Barrows, a contractor, said that he was doing the shoveling while his son was driving the plow truck for the first storm of this winter season.
A squirrel enjoys a snowy bird feeder in New Sharon.
A man walks down the sidewalk over freshly fallen snow just after 6:00 a.m. in Portland on Friday, November 16, 2018. A few inches of snow fell on Portland overnight, but by morning it turned into a mix of snow and rain.
Vehicles travel along the Maine Turnpike in Kennebunk on Friday while a light snow falls. The turnpike speed limit was reduced to 45 miles per hour as the first snow of the season hits southern Maine.
Clearing snow in front of the Portland Museum of Art.
Mark Metcalf shovels snow outside of his home in Portland on Friday, November 16, 2018. A few inches of snow fell on Portland overnight, but by morning it turned into a mix of snow and rain.
Kenny Chiu, of Portland, waits for the bus in downtown Portland on Friday morning.
A man shoveling snow waits for a plow to pass on a Congress Street sidewalk.
Cars back up on State Street during a snowy commute Friday morning.
Skiers take advantage of the early-season snowfall at the athletic fields of Bowdoin College in Brunswick just before sunset on Friday.
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