NORWICH – With the summer season well underway, many residents are looking to get rid of unwanted items and make some extra money, bringing garage sale season into full swing – and leaving a slew of outdated garage sale signs all over the city that many residents call an unsightful nuisance.

Up and down North and South Broad streets, outdated garage sale signs cover utility poles outside of homes and businesses. On the corner of Rexford and Pleasant streets, six signs still advertise for garage sales that occurred weeks ago. According to resident Joanie Spicer, she has made several complaints to city officials regarding outdated garage sale signs in the past, but to no avail.

“I wish the people who have a garage sale signs posted in front of their house would take them down,” Spicer said, noting signs that have been posted for weeks on a utility pole near her home. “A day or two after the sale is over would be fine.”

Like many residents, Spicer said she used to take the signs down herself and return them to the address listed, but it’s gotten to be too much, she said. “If people take the time to put them up, why not take the time to take them down too?” she asked. “We’re getting a lot of people who don’t care about Norwich the way I do.”