Greg Maresca ——Bio and Archives--December 4, 2025

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The first snowfall isn’t magical; it’s a mess and always has been. Clean roads turn grimy overnight, coated with cinder, ash and salt that seemingly sticks around until April. And if that is not enough a hodgepodge of stray screws and nails are mixed in as cruel bonus hazards that bike riders like me find scattered along the road’s berm courtesy of Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation. With every storm, the debris multiplies, turning winter into a season of dodging tire punctures as much as falling snowflakes.

In northeastern Pennsylvania, a good number of folks hope that first........

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