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.
Help publicize our efforts to preserve a part of Manchester history by coming to our Saturday, July 29, open house event from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the grassy area in front of the cabin at Case Mountain. We’ll have supplies to make your own doorknob sign. There’ll be musical entertainment depending on the weather, but the event is rain or shine. You can view our beautiful framed cabin artwork and perhaps make an auction bid on it. Walk in about a half mile along the Carriage Path from either the Birch Mountain Road parking lot (near intersection of Camp Meeting Road), or the Spring Street waterfall side. Signs will direct you. Additional parking at the Greenway lot on Camp Meeting Road at the intersection of Porter Street, near Highland Park Market. Matt Panecki, President of Case Mountain Cabin, Inc., will describe some options for improvements to the historic summer house. 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 3:00 and 5:00. See our Facebook group: Save The Cabin At Case Mountain. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1082646399352100/
1918 photo of the Adirondack-style summer house.