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Tax bills for Real Estate, Personal Property and Motor Vehicles will be mailed to Tolland property owners at the end of June; you should have the bills around July 1, 2009.  Real Estate bills which are being paid by your bank will be sent directly to the bank; if you get a Real Estate bill and your bank should have gotten it, please send it to them immediately with a reminder that they are supposed to be paying it.

These tax bills will say “due July 1, 2009” on them, which means that you have the entire month of July as a grace period; the very last day to pay without interest is Monday, August 3, 2009.  (Read more)

This expansion of our Recycling Program will allow for all recyclable materials including plastic containers number 1 – 7 to be placed in a blue rolling cart without separation.  Rolling carts will be picked up on your regularly scheduled collection day.  The standard blue rolling cart provided by the Town will be 65 gallons.  Each residence will only be allowed one rolling cart for recycling.  Blue rolling carts will be delivered to each home during the last two weeks of June starting June 15th.  Your current 18-gallon recycling bin can be recycled in your new recycling rolling cart if you wish.  Questions about cart delivery can be directed to Willimantic Waste at (800) 286-5335 or (860) 423-4527.

The Eastern Highlands Health District has been notified by the Department of Health that members of the school community had confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza.  These individuals have recovered from the virus without incident.  The School system has implemented the Center for Disease Control Guidelines which provides that students and adults who are ill with flu symptoms should not attend school for at least seven days or until 24 hours after the illness symptoms are over, whichever is longer.  Closure of school is no longer recommended by the CDC unless there is a large cluster of confirmed cases at the particular location.  Center for Disease Control Guidelines for school and child care facilities can be found at www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/k12_dismissal.htm/.  The Eastern Highlands Health District will continue to monitor H1N1 occurrences in Tolland and work with the School system on implementation of appropriate guidelines. Any questions parents may have on this may be referred to the nurse at the school or the Eastern Highlands Health District at 860-429-3325. (Read more)

The Farmers Market on Tolland Green began on Saturday, May 9th and is held every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on beautiful historic Tolland Green, from May to mid-November.  Tolland Green, located at the intersection of Routes 195 & 74, (Read more)

The Town of Tolland does not have a dedicated site for disposal of fluorescent light bulbs.  There are places where residents can bring them.  The Household Chemical Waste Drop-Off Facility at 57 Hancock Road in Willington will take the 4 foot and 8 foot tubes but not the compact light bulbs (twist type).  The Home Depot will take both types of fluorescent light bulbs for free.  Moreover, a list of additional recycling facilities can be found on www.earth911.com.  In addition, more information about fluorescent light bulbs from the EPA can be found at www.epa.gov/bulbrecycling.  Also, we are still having problems with residents not calling Willimantic Waste for their bulky waste pick up.  The telephone number is (800) 286-5335.  Bulky waste pick up is the first full week of the month and has to be called in four days prior to their regular solid waste pick up.