A coastal storm gives New Brunswick a few hours' warning: the wind shifts, the river goes slate, and Route 18 starts running silver with brine. Jay's Landscaping and Snow Removal is out ahead of it — plowing drives and lots, shoveling walks and steps, salting where the ice wants to set. Four in the morning is when the work counts most, and a cleared apron before sunrise is worth more than anything anyone could say about it. Come April the plow gives way to mowers and edgers, cleanups open the yards back up, and the year begins again. New Brunswick, Highland Park, East Brunswick and Milltown are the ground covered.