The Chadakoin slides quietly through the middle of Jamestown, and the light coming off it late in the afternoon makes even a plain front yard look considered. Patricks Landscaping service works in that hour — mulch laid dark around the beds, shrubs shaped back, a mower finishing its last pass before the shadows go long. Grass gets cut and edged; beds get weeded and dressed until the line between bed and lawn is one decisive curve. Cleanups bookend the year, hauling out what winter left behind and what October drops all at once. It is ordinary work done carefully, house by house, from the riverfront blocks out toward Falconer and Busti.