Alpha was laid out around the cement works, and it still shows in the grid — tight blocks, square little yards, sidewalks running straight to the corner. Marino's Lawn Care fits that pattern well: mow, edge, trim, sweep the walk, and move on, with each lawn finished so the line at the curb is unbroken. October brings the leaves down over those same blocks and off the trees along Route 22, and clearing them before the rain flattens them into the turf is half the autumn's work. Then the valley cold arrives and the job becomes plowing driveways, shoveling walks and treating the steps so a front path is safe by breakfast. A neat yard on a small street is not a small thing — it sets the tone for the whole block.