After one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, this zany, wildly popular, anything-goes parade is back and will be better than ever.

Outdoor pools at Beachland Park, Fernridge Park and Kennedy Park are now open for summer fun! Eisenhower Pool will remain closed due to a leak. 

Yard waste is not allowed in any trash or recycle barrel. Keeping yard waste out of trash is key to meeting Connecticut’s goal of diverting 60% of material from the trash stream by 2024.

A 75% discount is now available for Leisure Services programs, with a maximum of four weeks in the summer, for qualified West Hartford residents. Program options include summer camps, swim lessons and special interest camps.

Check out West Hartford's new website: WHy West Hartford - https://www.whywesthartford.com. WHy West Hartford acts as our community’s ‘tourism’ and ‘recruitment’ page by enticing new residents or businesses to visit or settle here.

Let’s get creative and “Capture West Hartford”! Shoot your favorite landscape, landmark, or person in West Hartford for a chance to win one of three cash prizes. Entries will be accepted for one month between August 14 and September 14.

West Hartford Town Council voted 7-2 on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, to adopt a $308,442,028 budget for FY2022. The new mill rate is 42.42 as of 7/1/21.

West Hartford Library is no longer requiring appointments to visit our libraries and the main branch plans to open additional evening hours during the summer. 

Vaccinated individuals are no longer required to wear a mask indoors or outdoors. Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated individuals are required to wear a mask indoors and outdoors, when in large group settings.

West Hartford Bloomfield Health District offers free vaccine clinics for ages 12+. Check out their calendar of clinics.

Engineering Division announces streets that will be paved during the Summer 2021.

The Town is looking for interested individuals that would like to participate West Hartford Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).

Basketball hoops along roadsides present a hazard to town, contractor and service vehicles often causing damage when hit because they are sticking out into the road. Please keep all items away from streets and placed in driveways or yards away from the road.

Niche ranks West Hartford #1 in Connecticut as the best place to live for the fourth consecutive year!

Come discover all that West Hartford has to offer you. We welcome you to make your home here. View our 'Welcome to West Hartford' guide. 

Stacker compiled a list of the best places to live on the East Coast using 2020 data from Niche and West Hartford was ranked #59 and tops in Connecticut.

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