The Kennebec makes its big noise at Ticonic Falls, and Waterville has been listening to it since the mills ran; today Head of Falls is grass and river walk where the brick used to stand. Kal and Field Landscaping keeps the city's green in shape — mowing, trimming, edging along the walks, mulch in the beds, cleanups at both ends of the season. City lawns are a puzzle of narrow strips, corner lots and tree roots, and getting one to read as a single smooth sheet takes more finesse than acreage ever does. Spring comes up the river valley early and wet, so the first cuts begin before the hills inland have even thought about it. A tight edge along a Waterville sidewalk is a small civic kindness.