Hamilton is a wide township to cross at three in the morning: Mercerville, Yardville, Hamilton Square, and the long straight run of Route 33 with nothing moving on it but a plow. Gabe's works those hours, plowing driveways and lots, clearing walkways and steps, and spreading salt so the ice cannot set in behind you. Storms here often arrive wet and heavy off the Delaware, the kind that need a second pass before sunrise to stay honest. The measure of a night is simple enough, every drive open before the first car needs it. Snow removal across Hamilton and the towns around it.