Late-summer evenings in Clinton arrive with long maple shadows across the sidewalks and the sound of somebody finishing a lawn two streets over. Ratz & Sons Outdoor Services is often that sound — mowing, trimming, edging, and clearing leaves and brush once the season turns. Village lots here sit close together, so a sloppy trim shows and a clean one lifts the whole row at once. The aim is a yard that looks looked-after: even cut, tight around the tree rings, nothing blown into the neighbor's drive. Small courtesies, repeated every week.