Under the Torne in Hillburn the driveways run short and steep, and blacktop remembers every careless thing a blade ever did to it. America Paving & Seal Coating Inc plows with that in mind: shoes down, edges respected, snow carried off the surface rather than gouged into it. The first flakes usually catch on the mountain a half hour before they reach the yards below, and that half hour is the whole head start. By the time the sky goes from black to slate, aprons are open, curb cuts are cut through and the ice control is already working. Snow removal, done for the neighborhoods tucked in along the base of the ridge.