The common at Academy Hill sets the tone for the town — grass kept, trees old, everything simply in order. Croteau Landscaping carries that into the yards around it: weekly mowing, trimming, edges cut back along walks and drives, mulch refreshed each spring, leaves hauled off each fall. Winter here is long and honest, and the same properties then need plowing, shoveling and salt where shade keeps the ice past noon. Westminster sits high enough that snow arrives earlier and leaves later than it does down in the valley towns. Which is fine — it just means the work has two costumes.