East of the city the pitch pines at Massasoit State Park take a February ice storm without much complaint; driveways are far less forgiving. Dwights Tree Service handles snow removal in Taunton — plowing, shoveling walks and steps, and treating the glaze that follows a storm that couldn't decide what it was. Freezing rain is something of a local specialty, coming up the coastal plain warm enough to fall as water and cold enough to lock everything down when it lands. Reaching a property early, before that layer sets, changes the whole shape of somebody's day. Clear pavement by first light is the entire ambition.