The finest winter mornings in Monroe are the still ones just after a storm — smoke going straight up over Gravel Hill, everything white and hushed, and the streets already open. Paulson Tree Services Inc puts in the night that makes that morning possible, plowing driveways, clearing walkways down to bare pavement, and salting ahead of the refreeze that always follows. Storms in this part of the state often come in wet and heavy and set like concrete if they are left alone. So they are not left alone. There is a real pride in a driveway cleared to its edges before the coffee is even made.