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Sidewalk Sales

Friday, May 18, 2012

South Orange's Townwide Garage, Sidewalk Sale is Saturday

May 19 will see sales galore downtown and around South Orange

Gather up your dolls and dishes, and settle on a price; South Orange is having garage sales galore! On Saturday, May 19, South Orange will see Sidewalk Sales at local businesses and garage sales around town. This is the second annual townwide sale day. The official hours are 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event is hosted by the South Orange neighborhood associations.  Each homeowner is responsible for holding the garage sale on his or her property, and the associations handle the press and marketing.   Shopkeepers are also expected to participate by holding a sidewalk sale downtown.

John R. Overall

2:24 pm on Saturday, May 12, 2012

I will continue to rally for NEIGHBORHOOD garage sale events. It's absurd to try to cover the WHOLE town, especially when you stupidly end them at 2PM (4PM is much better). Elmwood Park (the area around Plymouth, Oakview,etc) in Maplewood has a wonderful neighborhood sale every year that has high participation, they have maps available, (plus a few surprises!) and you can leisurely cover most of …   more ›

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