One lane of Water Street, which is U.S. Route 201 and Maine Route 27, is blocked by a branch that pulled down wires on that side of the road Thursday in Hallowell.
A sign in the main lobby directs people towards the city's emergency warming center Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center, at 76 Community Drive. Officials announced on the city's Facebook page that the shelter will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Anyone with questions, or in need of a ride to building may call the Augusta Police Department's non-emergency line at 207-626-2370, ext. 0.
Amanda Fowler, left, and Christine Desrosiers chat as they share breakfast in city's emergency warming center Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center. A group of over 20 people, who had spent the previous night at the Augusta Overnight Emergency Warming Center at South Parish Congregational Church, got rides from there to the center. Some bought the food they were sharing from the nearby WalMart since they weren't sure food provided and the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen was closed because of the storm.
Colby College student Tess Conroy braces against blowing snow Thursday at Colby College in Waterville. Conroy said she was on her way to take an exam.
Wet sticky snow clings to the Samantha Smith statue Thursday at Augusta's Maine State House complex. According to Wikipedia, Samantha Reed Smith (June 29, 1972 to Aug. 25, 1985) was an American peace activist and child actress from Manchester who became famous for her anti-war outreaches during the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. In 1982, Smith wrote a letter to the newly appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply with an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, which she accepted.
A City of Augusta plow truck throws up slush Thursday as it clears Mount Vernon Avenue in Augusta.
Alister Hannah clears snow while working in the driveway of a residence off Western Avenue in Waterville on Thursday, as a nor'easter dumped a foot or more of snow on the region.
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