Three in the morning, freezing rain ticking on the windshield out by Piccadilly Way: that is when winter work in Westborough actually happens. R Cabrera and Sons Landscaping plows drives and lots through those hours, clears the walks and steps by hand where a blade cannot reach, and lays down a mix of salt and sand ahead of the refreeze. Storms that stall over this part of Worcester County like to drop one more band just as the route finishes, so the route simply gets run again. By the time kitchen lights start coming on, the pavement is dark and wet instead of white. The whole job, done quietly, before anyone is awake to watch it.