Ryan Girard clears a driveway in front Slates Bakery on Tuesday in Hallowell.

Employees of the MaineWater company on Wednesday work to repair a broken water main in front of 11 Main St. apartment building in Skowhegan that was destroyed by fire Tuesday.

Standing on top of a six-foot snowbank, siblings Avery Willett, left, and her brother Hunter slam dunk snowballs in a basketball hoop at their home in Waterville on Tuesday. The kids had a day off from school due to the storm.

Firefighters attack one side of this home Thursday as flames erupt on the other side at a residence on the Ohio Hill Road in Fairfield. The home and most of its contents were destroyed.

Heidi Hilton flings a shovel load of snow while clearing a snowbank to get to a car buried in snow in Unity on Tuesday.

Cony's Amahde Carter, left, tries to steal ball from Erskine Academy's Jack Jowett during a Class A North prelim game Thursday at Cony High School in Augusta.

George Stetson tightens bolts holding the basketball floor together Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center. Staffers were setting up concessions and making final adjustments in the morning before the Maine Principals Association high school basketball tournament started in the afternoon.

Jen Cart shovels snow off a roof of her home Tuesday in Hallowell. Many central Maine residents were clearing up on Tuesday from about 2 feet of snow that had fallen the day before.

Tony Tuell does a cannonball dive Saturday to lead the Silver Street Tavern team into the water during the Polar Bear Dip at the Snow Pond Center for the Arts in Sidney.