Town Hall, Community Center, Public Works and the Durham Public Library will be closed Monday, January 20th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The Transfer Station will be open for normal business hours on Monday January 20th. 

The Board of Selectmen has received multiple requests to improve safety at the Maple Avenue/Rt 68 intersection. Crash data for the past three years can be located on the town website.
 
 The town has worked with the Department of Transportation to remove stumps and regrade the slope, remove trees, remove brush/trees at the bottom of the hill, remove the church parking lot sign, and backfill the washout areas by the edge of the road and install curbing where it is necessary.
 
The town will hold an informational meeting to present further ideas and to hear feedback from residents. The meeting will take place on Monday, January 27, 2025 at 7:00 p.m., on the 3rd floor of the Town Hall and remote via Zoom. More information, including meeting access can be found here

If you cannot attend the meeting and would like to send correspondence to be read into the record, please email jlehet@townofdurhamct.org by Monday, January 27th at 4:00 p.m.

 

Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of Durham that the total Supplemental Motor Vehicle tax and the second half of Real Estate and Personal Property taxes on the Grand List of 2023 are due and payable to the Town of Durham on January 1, 2025.

 

 

Choose Online Tax Payments from the home page, processing fees apply. Payments may be mailed to: Town of Durham

P.O. Box 428, Durham, CT 06422.

 

If not paid by Monday, February 3, 2025, these taxes will be considered delinquent and interest will be charged at the rate of 1.5% per month from the due date, with a minimum interest charge of $2.00. 

Note: Feb. 4th payments will be charged a 3% penalty. (for Jan. & Feb.)

 

Tax Collector’s office hours are 

Monday - Friday 8:30 - 4:30pm.

Additional hours for this collection period: Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 10:00am-noon. After-hours appointments upon request.

The office will be closed on: 
Wednesday January 1, 2025 - New Years' Day
Monday January 20, 2025 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Click here -> Durham First Selectman Brendan Rea Update - November 26 2024 to watch the update.