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.
Log Cabin Appreciation Day
The public is invited to learn more about the effort to preserve the log cabin at Case Mountain on Wednesday, April 26, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., starting at the parking lot at Birch Mountain Road, Manchester, near its intersection with Camp Meeting Road. Additional parking at the Greenway lot on Camp Meeting Road at the intersection of Porter Street, near Highland Park Market. Weather permitting, there will be music. Mark Connors and Matt Panecki, organizers of the Friends of the Log Cabin will describe some options for saving the historic summer house from demolition, including some incremental improvements. The cabin is in the Case Brothers National Historic District, and is described as a “circa 1918 log cabin…fashioned of salvaged timber from the Highland Park property at the time of the chestnut blight. Family members believe the cabin, built for Carol Maude Case Dennison and her husband Robert Dennison (b. l875), was erected by mill workers under the supervision of French Canadian builders brought to Manchester specifically for the project.” The public can come any time between 5:30 and 7:00. Rain or shine, but extreme weather cancels. The Friends have a Facebook group called Save The Cabin At Case Mountain. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1082646399352100/
1918 photo of the Adirondack-style summer house.