In Three Rivers the Quaboag, the Ware and the Swift come together and leave as the Chicopee — three currents, one job, which is a fair description of property work in Palmer. Warm months mean mowing, trimming, edging, mulch and seasonal cleanups on properties from Depot Village out to the hill roads. Cold months mean plowing driveways and lots, shoveling walks, and treating ice before anybody's first step of the day. The reward here is continuity: the same properties looked after all the way around the calendar, always presentable to whoever pulls in. Palmer, Three Rivers, Thorndike, Bondsville, Monson, Ware and Wilbraham.