The Extreme Hot Weather Protocol will be activated at 11AM on Tuesday, July 14, and remain in effect through 5:00 PM on Thursday, July 16, this week. During this period, temperatures are expected to reach into the mid-to-high 90s, with the heat index surpassing 100 degrees at times.
Due to staffing shortages in the Building Inspection Division, permit processing and inspection scheduling may be delayed. To monitor your permit status, visit the Online Permit Portal or call 860-647-3052. We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience.
The Town of Manchester mailed the tax bills for the October 1, 2025 Grand List on June 22, 2026. The first installment of taxes on the Grand List of October 1, 2025 are due and payable on July 1, 2026. Failure to pay any tax that is due by August 3, 2026 will cause the tax to become delinquent and subject to interest at the rate of 1.5% per month, back to the original due date of July 1, 2026.
Free Walking Tour in the Cheney National Historic District
The public is invited to the 48th annual history walk in the Cheney Brothers District, on Saturday, September 30, starting at 1:00 p.m. in front of 146 Hartford Road, Manchester, the former Cheney Office Building, now Fuss & O’Neill. Find out about the huge brick buildings that remain from the days of the world-famous silk mills. Who worked there? Who owned the mills? Where did workers and owners live? We’ll see Cheney Hall, and the former silk mills, South Manchester Railroad, machine shop, silk vault, and neighborhoods of worker housing. The walk takes about two hours with a distance of about one mile. Manchester Community College, MCC, Professor Christopher Paulin will present a lively history of the area, and Town Historian Susan Barlow will present information about the Cheney family. The District walking tour began in 1976 under the leadership of MCC’s Institute of Local History. Rain or shine; extreme weather cancels. Information about the Cheney district and Manchester's history at www.manchesterhistory.org. The walk is co-sponsored by MCC and the Cheney Brothers National Landmark District Commission.
146 Hartford Rd., 06040, View Map
146 Hartford Rd. , 06040
Free
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Caption: 1915 view of Cheney velvet mills