Five in the morning in January, ten degrees, the Penobscot fogging above its own ice — that is when Orono finds out who is on the road. Houles property maintenance runs the plow route through those hours, driveway after driveway, shovels moving on the entryways, sand and salt down before anyone's boots touch pavement. The warmer half of the year is greener and gentler: mowing on a set schedule, trimming, edging, and cleanups to open and close the season. One list of addresses, tended in every month of the calendar. When the storm quits and thin sun comes up over Marsh Island, the pavement is already black.