Snow on the brick of Inn Street looks almost decorative until the first shovel goes into it. 4Pro Painting & Power Washing takes on the winter side of Newburyport — driveways plowed, walkways and steps cleared down to the surface, lots opened before the day's first cars come up from Merrimac Street. Storms here blow in wet and heavy off the river mouth, then stiffen overnight into something a boot can't break, so timing matters more than muscle. Salt and sand go down where the shade holds ice past noon. The work is finished when a person can walk out their own front door without thinking about it.