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.
The Water Department will be flushing water mains in areas of the distribution system. Please see the attached list of streets for this week of flushing.Fire flow tests and hydraulic capacity tests of the system will also be done during this week in an effort to decrease the disturbances to our customers.
The Manchester Landfill and the Commercial Scale will be closed on Friday, June 26 from 12pm to the end of the day for paving. The Transfer Station will still be open for residents to access with Recycling Permits and Punch Cards.
For our Wednesday, July 12, 10:00 a.m. Genealogy Group meeting, we are visiting the Connecticut Genealogy Society Office and Library. The office opens to the public at 11:00 a.m., but manager Stephanie Hyland invites us there earlier, so meet us there at 10:00 a.m. Stephanie will tell us about their organization and explain how to use the collection. They are open most weekdays from 11:00 to 3:00 and have a large collection of books and references that can help in your searches.The office is located at 175 Maple Street, East Hartford. Here's their website. Please note that Exit 5(b) off Route 2 is closed, so take 5(a)-High Street.
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Free for members, $3.00 for non-members.