Please note that the Town Clerk’s office will be closed for the long holiday weekend. Anyone needing a maintenance permit for that weekend is encouraged to come to the office by Thursday, September 3, 2026. If you are unable to come to the office, you may call us and we can have the permit ready for you and give you further instructions. Thank you for your understanding!

The Canaan Historical Society is pleased to announce that the Society has received a $10,000 matching grant from the Veillette-Nifosi Foundation of East Chatham to support window restoration, which is the next major phase of the restoration for the Society’s 1829 Meeting House.  The Meeting House serves as a museum, exhibiting Canaan historical family and business artifacts and as a gathering place for historic programs. This grant will be used to help reach the $75,000 goal for partial window restoration.  The windows involved are six triple-hung small paned glass windows and the Palladian window over the Meeting House front door.  The building’s stained- glass windows will be part of a future contract.  The Hstorical Society will have to raise $10,000 to earn the matching grant. Therefore, we are soliciting funds from the community to meet the match.  Contributions can be made online at CanaanHistoricalSociety.org or checks can be mailed to Canaan Historical Society, Post Office Box 111, Canaan, NY 12029.   The Society has a goal of finishing the exterior restoration by the building’s bicentennial in...

Date: August 17, 2026 Time: 7 PM Venue: Canaan Town Hall Items to Discuss: Item #1- Tab and Melissa Eigenbrodt’s exempt subdivision at 99 Cody Lane, East Chatham, parcel #58.00-01-53 Item #2- Tank, waiver of a subdivision (Boundary Line Adjustment), McNamee Rd and Tank Lane, 50.01-01-69.200 and 50.01-01-69.100 Item #3- Jay McEwan’s proposal of a minor subdivision, property located at 263 Old Hudson Turnpike, Canaan, parcel...

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 2026, 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 February 02, 2026 without charge or interest. Payment of taxes may now be done by credit/debit card. We will accept payments that are postmarked on February 2. 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 1st day of June 2026. Heather O’Grady Tax...

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...

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