Winter arrives in Franklin Lakes from the northwest, sliding down off the Ramapo ridges long before it ever reaches the lake. AP Property Services NJ works those hours — plowing driveways, clearing walkways, and spreading de-icer on the steep pitched drives that curl up from Colonial Road toward the woods. There is a particular pleasure in a driveway finished at four in the morning: banks squared off, blacktop dark and wet under the porch light, the borough still asleep. Storms here rarely give much notice, so the trucks go out storm by storm and stay out until the last walk is down to pavement. It is plain work, and it makes a whole ordinary morning possible for someone else.