Nathan Hurdle, 9, left, and Cormac Wilcox, 9, right, somersault out of their inner tube Wednesday on impact with saplings lining the old Colby sky hill at Quarry Road Recreation Area in Waterville.

Paul Parlin, in background, and his father, Larry Parlin, survey the damage Friday at Paul and Anja Parlin's residence in Sidney, where part of a tree fell overnight during a storm.

A front-end loader plows snow from an empty parking lot around 8:30 a.m. Friday near the Maine State House in Augusta, where state offices delayed opening until 9 a.m.

Waterville police officers push a car out of the intersection of Main Street and Eustis Parkway in Waterville during the early morning hours on Friday in Waterville, as a nor'easter hammered the area with several inches of snow.

Paul Gordon, foreground left, cooks hot dogs Thursday for family members Hillaree Emery, 15, back right, Annabelle Emery, 14, center, and Colby Chadbourne, back left, at the Quarry Road Recreation Area in Waterville.

Bobby Bellows moves a fresh load of salt around as a major winter storm approaches at the Waterville Public Works yard in Waterville on Thursday, as a Nor'easter moved into the region.

Madison's Madeline Wood, right, and Mountain Valley's Abby Mazza chase the ball during a game at the Capital City Hoops Classic on in Augusta.

Alan Swett, Maine Snowmobile Association safety chairman, takes a spin around a field after a news conference Thursday at the North Augusta Trailblazers clubhouse in Augusta.

Cony's Simon McCormick dribbles through Lewiston defenders during a game Wednesday at the Capital City Hoop Classic in Augusta.

Mandy Haiss pulls her son, Ralph, 1, across the Kennebec River on Monday at Baker's Smelt Camps in Pittston. The elder Haiss' brother, Richard Potter, is the third member of the family to operate the business, which put shacks on the frozen river on Monday for the season.

A Fairfield man fatally slashed himself early Sunday after setting fire to his truck and the home on Norridgewock Road he once shared with his estranged wife.

Winslow Elementary School food service employee Vicki Perry sets out lunches for students on Wednesday. Starting Jan. 3, the school will pilot a food-waste recycling program that involves the Agri-Cycle Energy processing plant in Exeter.

Autumn Pletcher sits with her mother, Mary, during the annual Central Maine Family Christmas Dinner at the Elks Lodge in Waterville on Sunday.