This is part of a weekly series answering "Why is that?" questions about Salem and the Mid-Valley. The question: Why do most communities limit how many garage sales you can have? We have the answer.

Q: It seems like my neighbors are having garage/yard sales every other weekend. It attracts a lot of people as we are located on a busy corner. Oftentimes it backs up and impedes traffic. Is that ...

Mentor residents will have to follow some new rules when it comes to hosting garage and yard sales. City Council this week passed an ordinance amendment limiting the number of sales residents may have ...

The newspaper ads jump out at you like an antique on a yard-sale table. They signal that the suburban pastime of selling unwanted stuff from garages and front yards is more popular than ever. But yard ...

Give yourself two to three weeks to prepare for a yard sale. Last year, after a 20-year hiatus, the Soulard neighborhood decided to bring back its community-wide rummage sale. Spearheaded by Soulard ...

MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel announced that he recently received clarification from New York State that garage and yard sales are permitted in regions that have entered Phase 2 of ...