Tugs work the Arthur Kill at all hours, and their engines carry over Carteret on a cold night when nothing else in the borough is moving. Ace Lawn Care LLC is often up at that hour in winter, pushing driveways clear and salting walks before the first commute starts. In the warm months the same streets get mowed and trimmed on a steady rotation, with edges cut in tight along the sidewalk slabs. A borough lot is small, which means every mistake shows — and so does every clean line. Cleanups carry the yards into fall and back out of it in spring. The work stays close to home, in Carteret and the towns right beside it.