A man carefully steps over a snowbank in a snow-covered parking lot on Free Street in Portland during Friday's snowfall.

Megan Hanson, left, and Justine Lasdin Springer, both of whom work as visual merchandisers for L.L. Bean, trudge through the snow as they take newly developed merchandise for proper placement in the retail stores.

Chris Mills braves the heavy snow as he rides his bike, equipped with tires, along Main Street in Freeport on his way to work at the Bike, Boat and Ski retail store.

Matt Curtis blows snow from the sidewalk to the snow bank while his crew cleans up with shovels as the snow falls around them Friday. They all work for Curtis Lawn and Yard Care and have the contract to clean about a half mile of sidewalk in front of the Freeport outlets on Main Street.

A crew member on the Towline, a 65-foot steel-hull ice-breaking vessel, keeps watch while working in a snowstorm to clear ice for a dredging operation on the Royal River in Yarmouth on Friday.