TOWN OF CANAAN Help Wanted Part time Planning and Zoning Board Clerk PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Canaan is seeking applicants to serve as the Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals Clerk.  Primary Duties include but are not limited to minute taking, filing, mailing board documents both via email and USPS, keeping track of permit fees paid to each board and making sure the money is delivered to the Town Clerk after meetings. The Planning Board meets monthly on the Third Monday, and the ZBA meets on the last Tuesday of each month as long as there are applications to be heard.  Salary is paid monthly at a starting rate of $19.06/hr. Please send a brief resume to: deputyclerk@canaannewyork.org, or mail to P.O. Box 459, Canaan, NY 12029. For further information on the position, please contact the Deputy Town Clerk at the above email or call 518-781-3144 extension #3. All applications should be submitted by December 26, 2025. By Order of the Canaan Town Board Heather O’Grady Deputy Town...

Part-time Building and Grounds Maintenance Person Weekly in Summer, as needed in Fall, Winter & Spring Duties include Town Hall & Town Park mowing and trimming (equipment provided), year-round groundskeeping duties,  snow removal prior to Town Hall opening. Starting hourly rate: $19.02

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing before the Canaan Zoning Board of Appeals will be conducted on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM at the Canaan Town Hall, 1647 County Route 5, Canaan, NY. The matter to be considered will be the application submitted by Sandra Fila, 54 Upper Queechy Road, Tax Map ID #49.-2-1.100, for an Area Variance. This application is open to inspection at the office of the Town Clerk. Persons wishing to appear at the hearing may do so in person or by representative. Communications in writing concerning these matters may be filed with the Town Clerk prior to the hearing or with the Board on the night of the hearing (9 copies please). Zoning Board of Appeals, David Cooper,...

A committee of residents has been working on the comprehensive Plan, an official municipal document which outlines the specific goals, policies and desired future direction of the community. The Canaan Town Board would like your feedback on the draft Comprehensive Plan.

2026 Transfer Station Stickers will be available beginning December 1, 2025 $25 per household. (Please bring proof of residency as well as license plate numbers.) On the same date, we will begin selling the 2026 County Recycle stickers which are $75.00 for residents under the age of 65, and $50.00 for those age 65 and older. If both stickers are purchased in a single transaction, there will be a $5.00...

Notice of Receipt of 2025 Tax Roll and Warrant for Town of Canaan   TAKE NOTICE, that I, Heather O’Grady, the undersigned Collector of Taxes of the  Town of Canaan, County of Columbia and the State of New York, have duly received the tax roll and warrant for the collection of taxes within the Town of Canaan for the year  2025, and that I will attend at the Town Hall at 1647 County Route 5 in the Town of  Canaan on the following days: Monday and Wednesday, from 2:30 pm-4:30pm and for the month of January, Friday, 9:30am-12:00pm for the purpose of receiving payment of taxes listed on said roll.  TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that taxes may be paid on or before January 31, 2025 without charge or interest. Payment of taxes may now be done by credit/debit card. We will accept payments that are postmarked on January 31st. On all taxes received after such date, there shall be added interest of 1% for each additional month or fraction thereof, thereafter until such taxes are paid or until the return of unpaid taxes to the County Treasurer pursuant to law.  TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that pursuant to the provisions of the law, the tax roll of the Town of Canaan will be returned to the County Treasurer of the County of Columbia on the 2nd day of June 2025.  Heather O’Grady  Deputy Town Clerk/Tax...