Jessie Howell and her 3-year-old son Brody paint the face onto to a barn board snowman Saturday at Barn Boards and More in Gardiner.
This long exposure photo using a zoom lens shows one of the displays at the fourth annual River of Trees display Friday in The Colonial Theater in downtown Augusta. The snowman is Patenaude Family Dentistry's entry and the winner would get snowman and a 00 gift card.
Wendy Dawe talks on her phone from the comfort of her heated Toyota Tundra as she sells handmade wreaths Saturday at the Municipal Building parking lot in Skowhegan.
An Augusta Public Works employee driving a snowblower clears sidewalks Wednesday on State Street in Augusta. People all across the region were clearing up snow from a Monday and Tuesday snowstorm.
Greg Chapman retrieves the open pennant Tuesday from the front of Dave's Diner in Gardiner. The local institution, where Chapman eats lunch every weekday with his brother, Dan, closed at 1 p.m. due to the snowstorm.
Max Rogers digs out his girlfriend's car Tuesday on Pleasant Street in Waterville.
A man passes beneath a 6-foot wreath that Willie Marsh of the Skowhegan Highway Department hung Monday in the entryway of the town's municipal building.
Paul Dibden, owner of Vignette, left, shovels the snow that Kyle Ng, owner of Traverse Coffee Co., scrapes off the awning in front of their adjacent businesses Wednesday on Water Street in Hallowell. Ng said that they were scraping off the awning because snow melt would drip off and freeze, leaving a line of ice on sidewalk. People across the region were clearing up snow from Tuesday's storm.
Augusta Civic Center employee Camryn Fair shovels a stairway Wednesday on State Street at the Augusta Civic Center. People all across the region were clearing up snow from a snow storm on Monday and Tuesday.
People wait in line to visit with Mrs. Claus, left, and Santa Claus on Saturday at the Hartford Fire Station in Augusta. They will be visiting Augusta again from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 10, Thursday, Dec. 12 and Wednesday, Dec. 18 at the Buker Center.
The Carver family works together to clear snow Tuesday from the sidewalk in front of a business in Hallowell. The Windsor family, consisting of two boys, a daughter, wife and father, clear several businesses together during snowdays for the children.
Jeremy Abram shovels snow Tuesday at the entrance of Harvey's Hardware in Gardiner. The employee said sales during the snowstorm were brisk at the business that has been open for almost 100 years. "We're selling salt, sand and shovels today," Abram said.
Wrecker operator Reginald Gracie photographs the damage from an accident Monday when a Lexus sedan struck a window at SalonCentric at the Shaw's Plaza in Augusta. No injuries were reported at the crash that occurred at 2 p.m., Augusta Police Officer Sara Rogers said.
Caroline Mathes takes advantage of the fresh snow on the ski trails Wednesday at Quarry Road Trails in Waterville.
James Millett clears the walkways Tuesday at the Hathaway Center in Waterville.
Dave Bernard of Nelson's Candy talks Thursday about the vintage machine that wraps sweets at Nelson's Candy in Cornville.
Courtney Ivey catches her breath Tuesday and adjusts her hat while digging out the driveway of her family's home in Winslow. Ivey, who had been shoveling for an hour, said she trying to dig out four vehicles.
Grocery shoppers from left Chase Reynolds, 7, his dad Andrew, and sister Chloe, 2, of Winslow, plow their shopping cart through swirling snow Tuesday after shopping at Hanford Supermarket in Waterville.
Denise Emery puts a bulb on the Emery's Meats tree Thursday during setup for the third annual Festival of Trees in Johnson Hall in Gardiner. There are more than 40 trees in the fundraiser for Johnson Hall, where visitors can buy tickets to put into a box in front of tree they would like to win. The hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Needles and sawdust fly as Devin Emery picks up and slams down a just unwrapped Christmas tree Saturday at The Old English Christmas Tree and Wreaths lot in Farmingdale. He said that he was hitting it on the ground to "buff it out," knock off loose needles and reshape the tree after they unwrapped it. The Alexander family has been selling trees on Maine Avenue in Farmingdale for almost two decades.
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