Updates for Canaan Town Clerk and Tax Collector

PROPERTY TAX BILLS

You can now pay your property tax bill online.

Go the to Tax Collector page on the Town of Canaan Website or click HERE.  You can also register your car, search for vital records or get a dog license online on the Town Clerk Page of the Town of Canaan website.

TAX LIEN PROCESS

Due to the present circumstances with COVID-19, the tax collector’s office will be postponing the tax lien process for the 2019 property taxes for a month.  The certified notices were due to go out March 30, 2020 but we will not be sending those out until May 6, 2020.  The liens will not be executed and sent to the Grafton County Register of Deeds until June 29, 2020 instead of May 26, 2020.

ASSESSING OFFICE

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VIRTUAL MEETINGS

Many of the Town Board Meetings are being held "Virtually". Please check the page of the group you are interested in on the Town Website to see the date, time and log-on instructions for that meeting. Here are the ones coming up this month.

Please participate with mute on. If you are on the video conference and want to talk, waive your hand and the Board Chairman will call on you or if on just audio, state you have a question. For more "how-to" instructions click HERE.

Virtual Meeting of the Historic District Commission, July 20th, 7:15 pm. Meetings are held third Monday of the month
Call 1-866-730-7514, pin: 629061. Help line: 603-523-9621.

Virtual Annual Meeting
Saturday, July 18th at 10:30 am.

For details go to http://canaanlakenh.org/

Town of Canaan Public Spaces

BEACH: Canaan Street Beach will now be open to residents for swimming and relaxing but the 6 foot safety distance must be maintained.  People may use chairs at the beach BUT MUST KEEP 6' DISTANCE. Unless swimming, please use a face mask. Please use common sense if the beach is crowded and stay safe. If people do not respect the 6 FEET we may have to close it down again.

The Board of Selectmen officially have limited the use of the following public properties:

Elliott Field: No team sports - walking and chairs with 6' isolation are ok. Wear mask.

Williams Field: The horseshoe pits are open BUT MAINTAIN 6' isolation distance. Use masks. Basketball is still not allowed. No team sports with spectators. Williams Field Playground (locked)

Reginald Barney Park (Depot Street): Walking, chairs with 6 foot distance and mask.

Meeting House: 10 or fewer ok - register

Meeting House Common: 6' distance - Wear mask.

Village Common: 6' distance - wear mask.

Farmers Market will be open starting May 24 - honor 6' distance and wear masks.

We will re-evaluate the situation on May 31. All group ball teams please take note. People may park in the parking lots Maintain 6' isolation distance and wear masks on fields.

This does not apply to the Rail Trail

NEED HELP TO SURVIVE FINANCIALLY? SEE THESE EMERGENCY RULES

UPDATE FROM Friends of Mascoma Foundation
Food Pantry

An Update on Friends Feeding Friends Food Distribution

This past week was the LAST week the Friends of Mascoma is distributing food through the pre-registration system with local law enforcement and emergency services we have had in place since March. We will close all food distribution operations for one week and REOPEN on Tuesday July 7th in Enfield and Wednesday July 8th in Canaan. Here is what the new set up will look like:

·Walk up only. No pre-registration is required.

·All shoppers and volunteers must have a mask. If you do not have one, one will be provided to you.

·All shoppers are to practice appropriate social distance guidelines.

·Enfield Pantry: Tuesdays from 4pm-6pm behind the Enfield Police Station out of the EPD garage bay

·Canaan Pantry: Wednesdays from 4pm-6pm at the FOM and MTD garage bays

· Who are these pantries for?: Our pantries are open to anyone in need of a 3-day supply of groceries that lives in one of the 5 Mascoma Valley Towns: Canaan, Dorchester, Grafton, Enfield and Orange.

·How often can someone visit the curbside pantries: Once a week at either location. If you cannot make it to either location during those hours and don’t have a family member or friend who can pick up for you, please call 603.632.4542 or email elkozma@friendsofmascoma.org our Executive Director Eula Lee Kozma.

· If you are not able to physically get to the either location due to health reasons or other serious matters please call 603.632.4542 or email elkozma@friendsofmascoma.org our Executive Director Eula Lee Kozma. Special arrangements will be made on a case by case basis.

· What information is required: If you are a new pantry shopper, for statistical tracking purposes, we ask many questions. They are simple questions that do not require any paperwork on your part. Please come prepared to verbally let us know the name of your head of household, date of birth, relationship to head of household, and town and state of residence for each member of the household, as well as the number of and ages of all people in the household. If you are an existing pantry shopper we may confirm a few details, but you will not have to answer all questions again.

·A note on safety: The Friends of Mascoma Foundation is following guidelines from the CDC as well as normal food handling and safety procedures. All staff and volunteers are practicing physical distancing of six feet or more, and signage encourages all pantry shoppers to do the same. All staff and volunteers are participating in mandatory health checks upon entering the building each day; anyone who presents with symptoms of COVID-19 or who has been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 is asked to self-quarantine before returning to the pantry. Pantry volunteers are wearing gloves when handling food, and they are wearing cloth masks when in the same room with other people or when stocking the pantry. We have set up hand sanitation stations inside our regular pantry and practice proper hand washing. Per the CDC and the FDA: “Currently there is no evidence of food or food packaging being associated with transmission of COVID-19.”

What's Open in Canaan

Barney Insurance No walk-ins  Business by phone and email 523-4407 infor@barneyinsurance.com

Canaan Food Mart Open
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Canaan Hardware: 
Monday to Saturday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

We maintain 6' isolation distance

We will take orders by phone and you can pick up at our door.

CHAPPY'S CONCESSIONS

We are sorry to announce that the concession trailer will be closed temporarily while we wait for approval from the state on our recently submitted application. Normally when we operate the concession trailer at fairs and festivals we are fine, but since the trailer is staying in the same place for longer than 4 days we had to submit a different application to the state. We are doing everything we can to expedite the process and will be open again as soon as possible. Thank you for your support so far this summer.

We are open for take out only.  Call ahead and we will deliver to your car.

CLICK HERE FOR FULL MENU

Evans Expressmart
Open regular hours  523-7578

Iron Dog

523-4472 Available for for Dog Boarding

We will be open Monday-Saturday 6am to 11am offering breakfast, lots of bakery items and coffee/espresso drinks. We are happy to introduce a full SMOOTHIE menu!!!! We are offering call ahead and curbside for those who request it, others can come on in and grab food and drink, safely and quickly.

We tried the order ahead for baked goods and customers were very happy, we will do this everyday!!!! So please, please order the day before for any bakery orders of 6 or more items & we will have it ready for quick pick up! As always, especially during these uncertain times CASH IS KING! 

603 SCOOPS

Tuesday - Sunday 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Closed Mondays
(781) 561-6811
Cash Only

Ashley has an ice cream window located at The 603 Bakery & Cafe. Follow her progress @ 603 Scoops.

What’s better than ice cream?! The 603’s amazing baked goods paired with ice cream!

Oh there is more!! We will also be offering a full hot dog menu as well!!

Jakes - Canaan

We are now offering curbside pick-up at our Canaan, NH, location, for any item available in the store.  Curbside pick-up will be available 8am – 3pm, 7 days a week. Please call us at 603-632-1230 and say, “I’d like to place an order for Curbside Pick-Up."

We have locally made facemasks on their way to each of our stores that will sell for $5.50 each.  Feel free to call your local Jake's to check on availability.

Tell them what you need and they will bag it up and bring it out to your vehicle. We also have a take-out window. 

Prepared take-out meals available - click HERE for Menu

They will deliver for a $5.00 charge. Handicapped seating only in the store.

Iron Dog

523-4472
Available for for Dog Boarding

Take-out Open
Thursday to Sunday, 8am-2pm
(603.523.2062)

We are ecstatic to be opening up our window for TAKE OUT SERVICE. Hours are THURS-SUN 8am-2pm and we have our full breakfast and lunch menu, specials, baked goods, espresso, and drinks available. We may be working out a few kinks in the first couple weeks to see what works best for this new platform — we appreciate your patience as we do so!

Outdoor socially-distant seating is in effect in the front and backyard. We are a staff who wear masks and gloves, and hand wash frequently between gloves! If you’d like curbside or any other assistance, we are happy to oblige. We will have purell stations available and are taking all precautions to sanitize any areas customers frequent. We ask that everyone be conscious of other patrons and to please wear a mask when ordering or in close proximity to customers not in your party 🙂 we are always here to help if you’d like something wiped down or have a question regarding health and safety precautions — please reach out!

Thank you to everyone supporting us during these ever-tumultuous times. we at rwb want to bring you some normalcy as we navigate the uncertainty and unrest and do our part, in turn, to bring about positive change and learning in our community.

Suds Your Duds

To View regular Town Office Hours & Contacts, please view the "HOURS/Contacts Tab" above.

Canaan is a Dry Town in September !

July 2019 Flood

On July 11, 2019, a torrential rain storm hit Canaan at 8:15 PM. More than 6 inches of rain came down in less than 2 hours. Streams overflowed, flat roads had many inches of standing water and roadside ditches washed out taking more than half of the driving lanes of the dirt roads downstream.

A total of 29 town roads were damaged. A total of 13 miles of the 35 miles of road experienced severe damage. Several roads were impassable. In addition, there was damage to several town facilities including the transfer station Road bridge.

In all there was about $400,000 in damages to roads and facilities. The Town is expected to take at least two months to complete repairs. Canaan is waiting on a storm declaration so that we can be reimbursed by FEMA for part of the cost.

  

More photos may be seen on the Emergency Management Page.

Thank You Cardigan Mountain School!

Thank you once again for the student work teams from Cardigan Mountain School that helped clean the Village and take the limbs out of our three largest cemeteries.

Canaan Bird & Garden Club turns 80

Seventeen current and past members of the Canaan Bird & Garden Club met in April to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the club. The first meeting of the club was held April 15, 1939 at the Hinman house on Canaan Street (currently owned by the Goins) with Zepheryn Clark voted in as the first president of the club. Folks enjoyed reminiscing and looking over old minutes/pictures/etc. that Nancy Loomis provided from our archives.