J.P. & Sons

About J.P. & Sons

The Merrimack cuts Tyngsborough in two and the bridge carries the town across it, and in a storm you can watch the weather work its way down the valley from the New Hampshire line a full hour before it lands. J.P. & Sons goes out ahead of that — plowing driveways and lots, clearing walkways, salting and sanding once the temperature drops in behind the snow. Over by Flint Pond the wind comes off open water and refills a driveway you opened forty minutes ago, so you go around again. The work is repetitive and it is never quite the same twice. Morning finds the pavement bare and the day starts like any other, which is the only compliment this job needs.