A severe cold weather alert is in effect beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 19, 2025, and remaining in effect through 12:00 p.m. on Friday, January 24, 2025. Residents are advised to stay indoors; if you must go out, please take proper precautions. If you are at risk from the cold, please feel free to call 860-645-5500 for help.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Warning, which will be in effect from 1pm today, January 19th until 7am tomorrow, January 20th.The Town of Manchester is issuing a town-wide Parking Ban effective 2:00 pm today to allow Public Works crews the ability to clear snow as quickly and effectively as possible.
The second installment of taxes on the Grand List of October 01, 2023 and the Supplemental Motor Vehicle List are due and payable on January 1, 2025.
The following is the Fire Departments’ policy regarding Open Burning. There will be no deviation to this policy.
Open Burning is defined as an outdoor fire on property owned, leased or available for use to person(s) that initiated and are maintaining the fire. Open burning is classified as either “authorized” or “unauthorized”.
Authorized open burning is a fire that:
To be “maintained appropriately”:
“Approved Containers” are at least 10 feet from any structure and 25 feet from all property lines, and not on combustible surfaces. Approved containers include:
Propane and charcoal grills are also approved containers and cannot be placed within 3 feet of any combustible surface/structure.
“Unauthorized open burning” is an outdoor fire that:
“Nuisance” to the property of another means a fire whose VISIBLE smoke drifts off property lines with a complaint from another that such smoke is creating a nuisance in doing so. The Fire Department does not have the authority to regulate odors. A simple odor complaint does not constitute a “nuisance”.