Legal Notice
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS TOWN OF COLEBROOK
Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the Town of Colebrook that the second installment of Real Estate and Personal Property taxes on the Grand List of October 1, 2024 and Motor Vehicle Supplemental tax will become due on January 1, 2026. If not paid/postmarked on or before February 2, 2026 the tax becomes delinquent and subject to interest at the rate of 1-1/2% per month, or part of a month from January 1, 2026 to the date paid. Minimum interest charge is $2.00 per list number. Anyone who registered a vehicle between October 2, 2024 through September 30, 2025 should expect to receive a supplemental motor vehicle tax bill. Failure to receive a bill does not relieve or excuse the obligation of the tax due per CT General Statute Sec. 12-130.
Checks may be mailed to: Colebrook Tax Collector, PO Box 5, Colebrook, CT 06021 or you can pay on line at www.townofcolebrook.org. Office hours are Mon, Wed & Thur 9:00 am-12:00, & February 2, 2026 9 am-1 pm.
Laura Bartlett, CCMC
Tax Collector
lbartlett@colebrooktownhall.org
(860) 379-3359 X204
TOWN OF COLEBROOK
Notice is hereby given that a signed copy of the Agreement between Regional School District No. 7 Board of Education and Northwestern Teachers’ Association of Regional School District No. 7 2026 – 2029 has been filed with the Town Clerk and is available for public inspection during regular office hours.
Notice is also hereby given that a signed copy of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Northwestern Administrators’ Association and The Board of Education of Regional School District No. 7 dated July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029 has been filed with the Town Clerk and is available for public inspection during regular office hours.
Dated at Colebrook, Connecticut this 22nd day of December, 2025.
Debra L. McKeon, MCTC
Greetings from Colebrook Town Hall.
For the next two weeks, curbside garbage and recycling pickup will be pushed back one day due to the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Thursday pickups will take place on Friday. Friday pickups will be on Saturday.
Town Hall will be closed for Christmas beginning Wednesday, December 24th, and re-open on Monday, December 29th. Town Hall will close at noon on Wednesday, December 31st, and re-open on Friday, January 2nd. Our next Town Hall newsletter will be distributed on Thursday, January 8th.
Next Tuesday, December 23rd, the Community & Senior Center will be serving breakfast from 8-9:15 a.m. and hosting Bingo at 1 p.m. The Center will be closed beginning Wednesday, December 24th, reopening on Monday, January 5th.
This year’s Holiday Fair was a big success, with 30 vendors, Cookie Land sales benefiting the Colebrook School’s Nature’s Classroom trip, a bustling Café at the Community & Senior Center, and a festive, well-attended Breakfast with Santa at the Colebrook Congregational Church. Proceeds from the Children’s Shopping Table were donated to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Holiday Fair profits generated by vendor table registration enabled a $500 donation to Wreaths Across America, a charity honoring Veterans. National Wreaths Across America Day is this Saturday, December 19th. Thank you to everyone who volunteered, donated and supported the Holiday Fair.
Prior to this week’s Winter Concert at Colebrook Consolidated School, students, parents and community members gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate our $1.7 million HVAC project, which was completed on time and on budget. State Representative Jay Case and State Senator Paul Honig helped us mark the occasion.
Last week, representatives from the Barkhamsted, Colebrook, New Hartford and Norfolk Boards of Finance and Selectmen met with officials from Northwestern Regional #7 to kick off the annual budgeting process for our shared Middle School/High School. This process will culminate with the annual budget referendum in May.
At last week’s Board of Finance meeting, the board approved a supplemental budget request from the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Board of Selectmen to hire the Tyche Group to support the town, beginning in January.
Colebrook, like many other small towns, does not have the demand to fill the hours of a full-time Zoning Enforcement Officer. Tyche provides professional planning and zoning services to towns like ours at a cost lower than hiring an employee. Tyche Senior Planner Jeremy DeCarli, based in Torrington, will serve as our Zoning Enforcement Officer. Jeremy’s office hours in the Town Hall Land Use office will be from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, the same day our Building Inspector, Bill Volovski, is in Town Hall and out on inspections. Jeremy will be available to answer any questions you may have regarding zoning compliance—and can be reached at 860.379.3359, extension 209, or at zoningofficer@colebrooktownhall.org, as needed.
Tax bills have been mailed. Taxes are due January 1st, and are considered late if not paid by Tuesday, February 2nd, and subject to interest from the due date. During January, the Tax Collector’s office will be open Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. until noon, and 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Monday, February 2nd. For any questions, please contact Tax Collector Laura Bartlett at 860.379.3359, ext. 204, or at lbartlett@colebrooktownhall.org.
Electronic recycling can be disposed of at the Town Garage (43 Sandy Brook Road) in the container to the right of the garage. Please leave your items outside of the storage unit to be packaged and processed.
Bulk waste pickup is available every week for items that will not fit in your bin. Please call 860.379.1662 by Thursday of each week for Friday morning pickup.
Sand mix is available at the Town Garage for Colebrook residents, by hand bucket. Limit 2 buckets per resident per winter storm event.
We are continuing to accept appointments for energy assistance applications. Please contact Karen Odell to set up at appointment at kodell@colebrooktownhall.org, or call 860.379.3359, ext. 201.
The Colebrook Associates food pantry, located in the vestibule of the Community & Senior Center, is open Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m.-noon. Donations may be left at the pantry, or in the collection bin in the Post Office.
Upcoming municipal board meetings
Board of Education – Wednesday, January 7th, at 7 p.m. at Colebrook Consolidated School
Planning & Zoning – Monday, January 12th, at 6:30 p.m. at Colebrook Town Hall (Land Use office)
Board of Selectmen – Monday, January 12th, at 7 p.m. at Colebrook Town Hall (second floor meeting room)
Rec Board – Tuesday, January 13th, at 7 p.m. at Colebrook Town Hall (second floor meeting room)
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at bbremer@colebrooktownhall.org, or call me at 860.379.3359, extension 202.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Brad
Brad Bremer
Colebrook First Selectman
860.379.3359 ext. 202
NOTICE
TOWN OF COLEBROOK
Notice is hereby given that a signed copy of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Colebrook Board of Education and the Colebrook Teachers’ Association for the period of July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2029, is on file at the Town Clerk’s Office for public inspection during regular office hours.
Dated at Colebrook, Connecticut, this 25th day of November, 2025.
Debra L. McKeon
Town Clerk
Effective immediately hours for the Tax Collector Office have changed to Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 to 1:00.
NOTICE
TOWN OF COLEBROOK
Notice is hereby given that a signed copy of the Agreement between the Colebrook Board of Education and the Colebrook Teachers’ Association for the period of July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2029, is on file at the Town Clerk’s Office for public inspection during regular office hours.
Dated at Colebrook, Connecticut, this 22nd day of September, 2025.
Debra L. McKeon
Town Clerk
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