J. L. Natoli Excavating

About J. L. Natoli Excavating

Storms reach West Chester on a west wind, and by the time they clear the ridges above the borough they have usually decided to stay a while. J. L. Natoli Excavating works the hours that decision creates: the two a.m. push, the return trip when drifting quietly refills the first lane, the last sweep once the sky finally empties. Driveways get opened to their full width rather than to one car track, walks are cleared all the way to the door, and de-icer goes down on the shaded aprons where a glaze survives past noon. By the time traffic starts moving along the 202 corridor and daylight finds the courthouse tower, the pavement is dark and drying. There is real pride in a property that looks like the storm simply passed over it.