Winter storms in Monmouth County argue with themselves right over Lincroft — rain at the shore, snow inland, and the line between them wandering across Middletown all night. French's Landscaping works whatever the storm settles on, plowing driveways, clearing walks and steps by hand, and salting the heavy wet snow that sets up like concrete by morning. The rest of the year those same properties get mowing, edging, trimming and the cleanups that follow the oaks in autumn. Coastal weather keeps the calendar honest and nobody guessing for long. A driveway opened to the curb, whatever fell on it, is the measure of the night.