Photo Album: Several inches of heavy snow blankets central, western Maine

A long line of cars follows a plow truck Monday on Walkers Mill Road — Route 26 — in Bethel after an early season snowstorm. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

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More than 25,000 homes and businesses were without electricity in Maine as trees and branches laden with heavy, wet snow fell on power lines, officials said. The National Weather Service declared the first winter storm warning of the season for New Hampshire and western Maine. Some mountainous areas of western Maine could see over a foot of snow.

— The Associated Press

Snow totals through late morning for this storm. WGME graphic

Heavy snow weighs down trees Monday morning in Greenwood. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Prudence Iyakaremye gets whacked with a snowball that was thrown by her 9-year-old daughter, Eleonora Uwase, on Monday morning in Lewiston. Uwase and her sister, Thekla, had the day off from school as public schools in Lewiston and Auburn were canceled because of the snow that fell Sunday night into Monday. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Raymond Blier clears his driveway of snow Monday morning in Greene. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Thekla Ishimwe , left, Jean Piere Nizeyimana, Eleonora Uwase and Prudence Iyakaremye have a family snowball fight Monday morning at their home in Lewiston. Uwase and Ishimwe had the day off from school as public schools in Lewiston and Auburn were canceled because of the snow that fell Sunday night into Monday. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Rodney Austin plows his driveway Monday morning in Wales. “I have been waiting for it to snow so I can get out my snowmobile,” said Austin. The tractor that Austin plows snow with is homemade. The rear end and motor are from a 1946 Ford truck. The front end is from a 1954 Ford. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal