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BY MEGHAN V. MALLOY
Staff Writer 11/07/2009

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FROSTY FRANKENSTEIN: Snow coats a carved pumpkin Friday morning along Maine Ave. in Farmingdale. The layer of wet sticky snow that covered jack-o-lanterns and everything else that wasn’t under cover was melting as temperatures rose on Friday.

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Thursday's preview of winter weather resulted in puddles of slush for some communities and sidewalk shoveling in others.

Snowfall totals differed greatly throughout Kennebec County, from 6 inches in Albion to 3 inches in the capital, according to the National Weather Service.

Waterville public works employees were out in "full force overnight," director Mark Turner said.

"What we experienced was completely different from what you folks in Augusta had," he said. Waterville received about 6 inches of snow Thursday.

"Around 9 p.m., we put out the first call for our sanding units, then called up the rest of the troops and started plowing," Turner said. "We were prepared, but not expecting to plow."

Two vehicle accidents were reported in Augusta Thursday evening, as light snow continued to fall. Augusta police Sgt. Richard Dubois said one of the vehicles ended up in a ditch, but it was not clear if poor weather was to blame.

Crews in Augusta also went to work early Friday morning, director John Charest said.

"We went out (Thursday) to scrape some of the country roads but didn't have to worry about the main roads," Charest said. "Well, then the police called at 2:30 a.m. (Friday) and said it was coming down pretty bad, so we got back in the trucks and did some more scraping."

His crews also sanded roads.

For those not ready for winter just yet, the snow will be a fading memory by the weekend.

Tom Hawley, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said Thursday the weekend weather will "be absolutely beautiful."

Hawley said the forecast for the weekend and early next week includes sun and temperatures up into the low 60s.

"We'll be seeing Indian summer again," Hawley said Thursday.

Meghan V. Malloy -- 623-3811, ext. 431

mmalloy@centralmaine.com

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