Chris Cart of Hallowell digs out the driveway for guests to come over for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday after an overnight snowstorm.
Gary Shaw clears the driveway of his Halde Street residence on the south end of Waterville on Wednesday night.
Lt. Waylon Capp with the Winslow fire department responded to a downed power line that was on fire on West Blake Street in Winslow on Wednesday night.
Lt. Waylon Capp with the Winslow fire department responded to a downed power line that was on fire on West Blake Street in Winslow on Wednesday night.
Hallowell firefighters and a police officer work at an accident scene Wednesday at 2 Warren St. on the corner of Winthrop Street in Hallowell. The driver was heading down the hill on Winthrop Street and turning onto Warren Street when the Buick LeSabre slid into the building at 2 Warren St., according to officials at the scene. The driver wasn’t injured and was able to back the car away from the house.
Christina Bombaria, left, helps her sister Bryana Poirier, center, try to get Poirier’s mini-van from the ditch on Webb Road in Waterville on Wednesday.
Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans A car lost control and struck a tree in front of 17 Libby Hill Road in Oakland on Wednesday. A winter storm rolled through the state making travel treacherous for commuters before the holiday.
A city truck that was sanding roads turns off Commerical onto Winthrop Street as a snow storm gets under way on Wednesday November 26, 2014 in Augusta. State offices were shut down at 1 p.m.
A plow truck rounds a curve near exit 113 on Interstate 95 as a snow storm gets under way on Wednesday November 26, 2014 in Augusta. State offices were shut down at 1 p.m.
A person walks past decoration in a window of the Olde Federal Building as a snow storm gets under way on Wednesday November 26, 2014 in Augusta. State offices were shut down at 1 p.m.
Lt. Waylon Capp with the Winslow fire department talks to a resident as he responded to a downed power line that was on fire on West Blake Street in Winslow on Wednesday night.
WINSLOW, MAINE - NOVEMBER 26, 2014. Winslow firefighters respond to a downed power line that is on fire on West Blake Street in Winslow on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014. (Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans)
People walk down the hill towards Front Street parking lots as a snow storm gets under way on Wednesday November 26, 2014 in Augusta. State offices were shut down at 1 p.m.
Web cam of turnpike looking south from the Flag Pond Road overpass in Saco at 12:19 p.m..
This webcam screen image of conditions on I-295 northbound at 12:31 p.m. Maine Department of Transportation image
Cars cruise by a field of snow-covered plants on Route 302 in Raymond as the storm intensifies Wednesday. Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer
A snowplow leads a long line of traffic on Route 302 in Windham as the snow begins to accumulate on the roadways Wednesday. Gordon Chibriski/Staff Photographer
Dearborn Construction employee Nick Ouellette operates a plow in the Hannaford parking lot in Biddeford on Wednesday. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer
Dearborn Construction employee Nick Ouellette operates a plow in the Hannaford parking lot in Biddeford on Wednesday. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer
Wet snowflakes stick to the Christmas tree on Monument Square in Portland on Wednesday at the start of a storm. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer
Christina Bombaria, leans over to inspect the wheel of her sister Bryana Poirier’s mini-van on Webb Road in Waterville as Bombaria’s son Noah, left watches on Wednesday.
Chris Cart of Hallowell digs out the driveway for guests to come over for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday after an overnight snowstorm.
Richard Lachance Jr. runs a tractor with a snowblower along the sidewalk in front the Maine State House on Thursday after an overnight snow storm in Augusta. He and other Bureau of General Services workers spent their Thanksgiving mornings clearing snow from around state government buildings.
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