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Body The Canton City Council held their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 18, at the Canton City Hall building in downtown Canton. The invocation and pledge were led by Mayor Lou Ann Everett, prior to conducting the meeting.

Body ETHAN ADAMS news@vanzandtnews.com The local election season is quickly coming to a peak, as the early-voting period officially opened on April 24.

Body The Canton Texas Chamber of Commerce Annual Community Awards Dinner is slated for this Friday night, April 21, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Body ETHAN ADAMS news@vanzandtnews.com The sixth annual Canton Farmers Market, presented by the Canton Main Street Program, is scheduled to return this weekend, with opening day set for Saturday, April 22.

Body ETHAN ADAMS news@vanzandtnews.com The heavily anticipated election season will officially be ushered in next week, as eligible voters living within the boundaries of Canton ISD are able to cast their ballots beginning at 8 a.m. on April 24.

Body At the beginning of the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court’s regular meeting April 12, VZC Judge Andy Reese announced that a National Prayer Day ceremony will be held Thursday, May 4, inside the VZC Courthouse from noon to 12:30 p.m.

Body There were 103 exhibitors that qualified to sell their projects at the Junior Livestock Auction on Friday, March 31 during the county fair.

Body The Texas State Comptroller’s Office delivered mostly positive results to Van Zandt County cities last week, announcing that five out of seven local entities had posted sales tax revenue gains when comparing against collection totals against the same month from the previous year.