November on Carew Street is the hinge of the year — one week the leaves are ankle-deep along the curb, the next there's a skim of white on the windshields. RMD Services Inc works both sides of that changeover around Atwater Park and the streets nearby, finishing the fall cleanups and rolling straight on into plowing and salting. Mowing and trimming fill the long green stretch in between, April to October, on a weekly rhythm. Springfield's first real snow always seems to arrive the night after the last load of leaves goes out. Being ready for that is most of the job.