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.
Free Walking Tour: Manchester Green
Sunday, July 9 at 1:00 p.m., visit Manchester Green with Town Historian, Susan Barlow. Meet at the Senior Center front steps, 549 Middle Turnpike East. Plenty of parking in back of the building (enter from the Vernon Street side). The walk will take about 1-1/2 hours, visiting the Woodbridge farmstead and eighteenth-century barn, and strolling through the former location of the Woodbridge Tavern. Info about local history: www.manchesterhistory.org. Rain or shine, but extreme weather cancels. This is one of the 23 walks in 2023 celebrating Manchester’s 200th birthday. The next walks are also at 1:00 p.m.: Sunday, August 6, Buckland Cemetery, 1210 Tolland Turnpike, and Saturday, August 26, starting at Washington School, 94 Cedar Street.
549 Middle Tpke East, 06040, View Map
549 Middle Tpke East , 06040
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Caption: Circa 1900 photo of the former Woodbridge Tavern, where George Washington stopped.