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.
Bob Williams, center, an oil and hazardous materials responder with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, carries a container with hydraulic fluid collected by Thorndike firefighters from this loaded garbage truck from Sullivan's Waste and Recycling company after it overturned on Reynolds Road in Thorndike on Friday. Maine State Police Trooper Patrick Hood said the truck operator slid off the road. Williams said up to 20 gallons of fluid may have spilled.
A snowblower clears snow Friday in the state government's East Side Campus in Augusta.
A front-end loader plows snow from an empty parking lot around 8:30 a.m. on Friday near the Maine State House in Augusta, where state offices delayed opening until 9 a.m.
A Colby College employee clears the walkways at the Waterville college on Friday.
Tyler Millett plows through several inches of snow with a snow-blower as he clears walkways at Colby College in Waterville early Friday morning.
Waterville police officers walk along Main Street at the intersection of Eustis Parkway in Waterville early Friday morning, as a nor'easter blows through the region.
A Colby College employee clears the sidewalks at the Waterville college on Friday.
Snow-covered pine boughs frame this wintry backyard scene in Scarborough.
Josh Morissette tries to get his car un-stuck at the four-way stop in The Concourse in Waterville early Friday morning.
A man clears snow from a driveway as the sun rises over Depot Street in Buxton Friday morning.
Waterville police officers close the intersection on Main Street at Eustis Parkway as a Waterville plow truck arrives to clear the snow in Waterville on Friday.
The powerful nor'easter blew down these limbs, justing missing a shed in the backyard of this home in Scarborough.
A tree limb partially blocks West Elm Street in Yarmouth just before sunrise.
Cars are buried in an estimated 18 inches of heavy, wet snow at a home on Depot Street in Buxton Friday morning. Mainers across the state woke up to scenes like this after a powerful nor'easter dumped more than 2 feet of snow in some areas.
Waterville police officers close the intersection on Main Street at Eustis Parkway as a Waterville plow truck arrives to clear the snow in Waterville on Friday.
A motorist gets stuck at the intersection of Main Street and Eustis Parkway in Waterville early Friday morning.
Snow removal gets underway at the Casco Bay YMCA early Friday morning as Mainers began the hard work of shoveling, snowblowing, clearing downed tree limbs from sidewalks and roads and restoring power to the thousands who lost it during the storm.
Birds will have to wait for warmer temperatures – or a kind homeowner – before they'll have access to this feeder on Allen Avenue in Portland.
A front end loader plows snow at 9 a.m. on Friday in the state government's East Side Campus in Augusta. Gov. Paul LePage announced that state offices would be delayed in opening till 9 a.m.
Kaleb Bickford pulls snow off a roof and into a parking lot on Friday at Steve's Appliance in Sidney.
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