Allocco Brothers Paving Co.

About Allocco Brothers Paving Co.

The first sign of a Madison winter is the shine on Ridgedale Avenue at four in the morning, black ice under sodium light, the borough still asleep. That is the hour Allocco Brothers Paving Co. is already out, blade down, pushing the night's accumulation into clean banks at the edge of a driveway. There is a real satisfaction in the moment a homeowner opens the door and finds bare pavement waiting, salted, wide enough for two cars and a walk to the curb. Storms here come off the ridge and pile up fast on Morris County lots, and every plow route is a promise to get someone to the early train on time. Clearing, salting, and staying with a driveway until the last flurry passes — that is the work, done in the dark so the morning can look ordinary.