The Manchester Police Department is issuing an Snow Emergency Parking Ban in advance of a significant winter storm forecasted for this weekend and into early next week.The parking ban will take effect at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, and will remain in effect until 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 24.
Trash and recycling curbside collection will not occur on Monday, 2/23. The normal collection schedule will be pushed back 1 day all week. Residents should keep their trash and recycling bins away from the streets and sidewalks until after snow cleanup has been completed.
“Irish culture”
On Sunday, October 23 at 1:00 p.m., the Manchester Historical Society will present a lecture by Mary Ann Handley: "Culture and Anarchy in Ireland -- and the Three Literary Giants Who Helped to Forge Modern Ireland," a lecture on Irish writers and their perspectives on the culture of Ireland and its people. Former State Senator Mary Ann Handley is a retired Manchester Community College history professor, In her talk, Mary Ann will establish a foundation for understanding the influence of James Joyce and of Nobel laureates W. B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw. She'll touch on this year's 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's "Ulysses," and on Manchester's large Irish population. At the History Center, 175 Pine Street. The public is invited. Parking for the lecture is available along Pleasant Street, off Forest Street (no on-street parking) as well as in a small lot next to the History Center. $5 for non-members, $3 for Society members, and free for children under age 16. More about local history at www.manchesterhistory.org