The Town Manager’s Office is announcing that, in an effort to reduce energy costs, as of the week of September 8, 2008, the Hicks Memorial Municipal Center (town hall) will be changing to a 4-day workweek schedule. The new schedule for this building will be Monday to Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The town hall will now be open an extra hour each day from Monday to Wednesday and an extra half hour on Thursdays (Read more)

The Tolland Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a Plan of Conservation and Development Update Meeting on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at The Lodge at Crandall Park, 124 Cider Mill. In September, the Commission will focus on development-related issues. For the (Read more)

A Plan of Conservation and Development Meeting on the Update of Future Infrastructure Needs will be held on Monday, October 20, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the gymnasium at Birch Grove Primary School, 247 Rhodes Road, to discuss infrastructure-related topics such as: (Read more)

The Tolland Public Library was recently awarded a $1,500 grant by the Connecticut State Library (CSL) and the Institute of Library and Museum Services (ILMS) to conduct a Community Needs Assessment for library services. As part of the Needs Assessment, we are asking for your input by filling out our survey. We thank you in advance. You may click here to access the survey.

At the beginning of 2008, Management Partners, Inc. was hired to complete a study of the Town’s Public Works Department. A major recommendation of the study was to consolidate the Highway, Parks & Facilities, and Cemetery Departments under the Public Works Operations Manager, formerly the position of the Parks & Facilities Director. Reporting to the Public Works Operations Manager (Clem Langlois, Jr.) will be: the Highway Superintendent, Working Foreman-Highway, Working Foreman-Parks & Facilities, the Highway crew and the Parks & Facilities crew. (Read more)