Scurrying bargain hunters and eager front-yard shopkeepers couldn’t be held at bay by oncoming rain a week ago Saturday (May 20) for the Ashmont Hill Yard Sale, a neighborhood tradition in its 43rd year. Items and features ranged from wonderful posters of 1970s Dorchester to a lightly used snowboard, an enterprising lemonade stand on Montague Street, and kitschy miniature
By Jennifer Smith, News Editor
May 30, 2018
Jennifer Smith, News Editor
The first garage sale on Ashmont Hill started in 1976, hosted by a communal group on Harley Street. Image courtesy Vicki Rugo
Editor s note: The Ashmont Hill Yard Sale returns on Sat., May 22. This article about the history of the event was first published in 2018.
It’s a cornucopia of vintage dishware, eclectic clothing, trinkets, and furniture, and wooden skis laid out across a lawn. People wander up and down the hills of the neighborhood’s streets with paintings tucked beneath their arms and books in hand as the smell of cooking ribs wafts up Harley Street and through the spring foliage.