December in the village, and Newtown Lane wears its snow for about an hour before somebody has to do something about it. Whitmores takes on snow work around East Hampton: plowing drives, opening walkways, clearing entries, and treating the ice that trails a coastal storm. Weather here comes in off the Atlantic and can turn to rain and back again inside a single night, so the job is as much about timing as muscle. Being early is the craft — pavement showing before the first car needs to back out of it. There are few better feelings on a winter morning than a route already finished behind you.