Every township has a few pieces of common ground that everyone notices without meaning to — the mowed field, the flagpole, the grass around a building that always looks kept. Lower Mt Bethel Fire Company takes on lawn work here: mowing, trimming close around posts and foundations, edging along the walks and drives. Summer evenings run long in this part of Northampton County, and a wide green lawn cut clean holds the last of the light. Autumn means leaves cleared before they mat down; the year opens again with the yard brought back after the freeze. Work done close to home tends to get done right.