Arlo fell into a 25-foot-deep well in Kingston and was in two feet of water with temperatures around freezing, according to Kingston Fire Chief Graham Pellerin.
Maine Governor Janet Mills signed a law in May requiring the operator of a vehicle weighing under 10,000 pounds to take "reasonable measures to prevent snow or ice on the vehicle from falling off the vehicle while it is being operated on a public way."
The snow is still expected to have a total snow of 12-18 inches in southern New Hampshire and southern Maine before tapering off late in the afternoon.
The last official act of the Portsmouth NH 400 committee was to fill the bright red capsule with messages and other items representative of the city in 2023.
It is too early to commit to snow totals and exact locations, according to meteorologist Derek Schroeter at the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine.