Watertown lives at the foot of the Tug Hill, which is a courteous way of saying the snow here does not drift in politely — it arrives in bands, sideways, off the lake and all at once. Alternative Lawn Care meets it with plow trucks out early on driveways and lots, pushing the banks back far enough that the next storm has somewhere to go. Walks get cleared down to bare concrete; steps and entries get sand or salt where the wind polishes them to glass. On a good night the work happens while the street is still asleep, and the reward is a door that opens onto a clean drive at six. In this county that counts for a great deal.