Snow reaches Mays Landing from the west, across forty miles of pine before it ever crosses Route 40, and it usually lands wetter and heavier than the forecast promised. Brian Richards Tree Service is out in it early — plowing driveways, shoveling steps and walks, and salting the ice that forms where meltwater runs back over the blacktop overnight. Once the ground thaws, the same trucks come back for the growing season with mowing, edging, trimming and leaf clearing in the fall. A driveway opened before the first car needs it is its own kind of quiet victory. The route covers Mays Landing and out through Hamilton Township, Estell Manor and Egg Harbor Township.