By November the maples along Route 188 have let go, and Middlebury's yards fill faster than anyone can rake them. Booths Excavating and Outdoor Services LLC meets that turn head-on: lawn work and cleanups until the ground hardens, then plowing once the first storm climbs the valley. Weather arrives here in a hurry, gathering on the ridge and sliding down over the town, so by morning the drives need cutting open again. The work is plain and it is exact — a yard emptied of leaves, a drive scraped down to pavement, a path wide enough to carry groceries through. Middlebury and its neighbors are the range.