Stamford Has Another Busy Weekend Ahead

STAMFORD – The village of Stamford will be a beehive of activity again this weekend with the annual Yard Sale Day and Stamford Golf Club Men's Invitational Tournament. It follows on the heels of the annual Stamford Fire Department Family Field Day and Fireworks and the annual Mom McGrail Memorial 5K and Block Party, which drew crowds over the past two weekends.

The weather is predicted to be beautiful.

Maps for more than 70 yard sales will be handed out at the Stamford Fire Department at 111 Main St., starting at 8 a.m. this Saturday. Aug. 9, to guide yard sale enthusiasts and others to all the registered sale locations in and around Stamford. The annual event benefits the fire department which will be holding a chicken and ribs barbecue at the fire station as well.

Fire department members will be firing up the pits at 8 a.m. as well to sell their barbecue chicken and pork ribs. It is take out only; chicken halves $10 and  a full rack of ribs $20. They are aiming to begin selling at 11:30 a.m.

It's a popular event with a tour of town yard sales located at Junk in Trunk, which will be located in Rexmere Park, along with a pair of food trucks, according to Mariellen Meyers, organizer. The sales run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m..

There will also be a few out of town visitors for the weekend as the annual Invitational Golf Tournament tees off on Friday and finishes on Sunday.