Brighton Road runs down toward the Nutley line under old street trees, and by mid-October the gutters there fill faster than anyone can keep up with. Sam Vitellaro Landscaping Inc stays ahead of it — leaves off the turf, beds cleared, the last cuts of the year taken at the right height. Through the summer it is the steady work: mowing, edging, trimming, week after week, so a Clifton lawn never has a bad month. There is more craft in the timing than in the machinery. A lawn put to bed properly comes back stronger, and that shows in April.