ABOVE: Mark Carcasole reports on illegal A-frame signs in Toronto. TORONTO – They promote sales, list daily food specials and point the way to new businesses, but sandwich boards — technically known ...

Powell City Council voted last week to require business owners to take in their temporary signs for good. Council voted 5-1 at its Aug. 18 meeting to ban portable business signs, with Mayor Jim ...

TORONTO — The City of Toronto is planning to crack down on the proliferation of A-frame signs — those sandwich-board signs placed outside businesses — along Yonge Street. Joe Magalhaes, district ...

NEWBURYPORT — Martha Leahy says the A-frame signs that dot the downtown retail district help to encourage residents and visitors to shop locally — an important aspect of keeping the city vibrant. "I ...