Rick Dubuc’s plow truck passes a man shoveling his driveway along East Ave in Lewiston. “This ranks up there with one of the good ones,” Dubuc said about Thursday’s snowstorm. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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Lewiston Public Works plow truck driver Danny May clears the intersection of Main and Sabattus streets in Lewiston on Thursday morning. May ran tandem with driver Rick Dubuc. Tandem is when two plow trucks are offset with one behind the other so that a larger portion of the road can be cleared of snow. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Rick Dubuc’s plow truck passes a stranded motorist on Grove Street during Thursday’s snowstorm in Lewiston. Dubuc said he plowed Grove Street four times between midnight and 9 a.m. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Lewiston Public Works plow truck driver Rick Dubuc picks tree limbs out of the dump body of his truck Thursday at the Lewiston Public Works Operations Center on River Road. Low hanging branches due to heavy wet snow found their way into Dubuc’s load of sand and salt mix. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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A woman walks down Howe Street on Thursday afternoon as a man shovels during a major snowstorm in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Bates College student Philip Han flies over a rail Thursday at the bottom of Mount David on the Lewiston campus. He and other students took advantage of the day off from classes at the college. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Bates College student Wil Dewey flies over a rail at the bottom of Mount David on the Lewiston campus. He and other students took advantage of the day off from classes at the college. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Izzy Blais, right, dumps snow on her friend Ella Menard as they build a snowman Thursday afternoon during a major snowstorm in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A tree and wires are down across Hogan Road on Thursday in Lewiston. It is one of numerous streets in the area closed after heavy and wet snow blanketed the region. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A woman pulls a wagon with her belongings down Sabattus Street on Thursday afternoon during a major snowstorm in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Bryce Lebel is covered in snow Thursday afternoon on College Street in Lewiston as he walks from his home in Auburn to a friend’s house. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Malo Street is one of numerous streets in the area closed due to the heavy and wet snow, which took down a tree and wires Thursday in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A crew from Lewiston Public Works cut trees that fell on wires on Sabattus Street by the corner of Central Ave on Thursday afternoon during a major snowstorm in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

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