A man walks across the Longley Bridge between Lewiston and Auburn as the temperature hovered slightly above zero Tuesday morning.

"Africa is hot. Maine is cold," Saada Hassan, left, said while she and Hayat Allaleh helped unload a truck Tuesday morning in Lewiston. Hassan moved to Maine from Djibouti in 2011. Her new business, Mile Wholesale and Retail, will be open within a month. "New year, new life, new business," said Hassan.

Two runners exercise in Auburn as the temperature hovers slightly above zero Tuesday morning.

A painting of a dog basks in the sun during a frigid morning Tuesday in Lewiston. The portrait was created by Jeanelle Demers.

Assistant District Attorney Nate Walsh waves to a fellow attorney at he climbs over a snowbank Tuesday in Auburn. Walsh was heading to work at the Androscoggin County Courthouse.