East-side alleys off Broadway run narrow, and after a storm they pack with the heavy kind of snow a shovel argues with. Ayers Snow & Junk Removal works that ground — plowing drives, opening alley aprons, clearing walks and salting the stretches down by Keith Creek where the low blocks freeze first. Rockford snow shows up in every temper: wet March slop, dry January powder, the crust that follows a thaw and a hard freeze. Each one gets pushed back to the edges until the property opens up again. Getting out of your own driveway on a Tuesday morning should not be a project.