First light on the Ashton stretch of Cumberland shows the mill village exactly as it is: stone tenements in rows, the river running black beside the bikeway, everything underneath fresh snow. Fleury Dirt Works & services llc plows through those early hours, working driveways and lots from the village streets up to the roads off Nate Whipple Highway. Village plowing is a tight game — short drives, close-set houses, and only so many places snow is permitted to end up. Walks get cleared, entries get treated, and the driveway mouths get opened a second time after the town plow makes its point. It is good work to look back on: a whole row of drives standing open, tire tracks beginning to appear, the day getting on with itself.