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I Love Art Space board members pose with artist Carol Sewall at I Love Art Space’s opening night on Friday, August 2. From left: Board member Jeannette Eckert, board member Don Jones, board member Anne Saracino, artist Carol Sewall, and board member Jane May Jones. Not pictured is board member Stephanie Staib. Photo courtesy of I Love Art Space.

After two-year odyssey, I Love Art Space finds a home

DOVER - Dover is now home to a new art gallery. I Love Art Space opened its doors at a grand opening on Friday, August 2. Since then, the space has seen plenty of foot traffic and interest from the public.
Jane May Jones and Jeannette Eckert, who are each on the board of directors for I...

Adams Family Farm entered this float in the 2015 Blueberry Festival parade. The series of events return this weekend, including the parade. It will take place at 11 am Saturday along Route 100 in Dover. File photo

Ready for all things blue? Signature summer event returns

Blueberry Festival bigger than ever DEERFIELD VALLEY - The end of July is near, and those familiar with the valley know what that means: the Blueberry Festival is about to kick off. The valley’s signature summertime festival includes events throughout the region’s towns and...

Jean François Goes training for his Olympic course run next month. Celine Goes

Running man: Local gets a shot at Olympic course

App opened up opportunity to run in “Marathon Pour Tous” DOVER - When Jean François Goes, of West Dover, downloaded the app MPTParis2024, he had no idea he would be selected to run the same route as Paris 2024 Olympians. On Saturday, August 10, he will run the Paris 2024...

Tax rates soar

Increase is about 30 cents for homesteads, 25 cents for others DOVER- The selectboard set tax rates for fiscal year 2025 at their regular meeting Tuesday evening, and the result may come as a shock to some property owners.
Board members voted to set the total homestead...

Margaret “Peg” Powers, of Dover, was recently appointed as a committee member to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Photo courtesy of Peg Powers

Local appointed to Truth and Reconciliation Commission committee

DOVER - Dover resident Margaret “Peg” Powers has been appointed as a committee member to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a newly-formed state commission whose work is getting underway.
“It’s a herculean task,” said Powers this week of the work she and her fellow committee members...

Goose City Road is one of several East Dover roads that won't be included in GMP's revised plan to bury powerlines in East Dover.

Dover officials to revisit town water system

Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to Dover's proposed fire truck as a ladder truck.
DOVER- Selectboard members approved an updated plan from Green Mountain Power for line upgrades in East Dover, discussed the formation of a municipal water system committee, and...

After surviving fire, owner’s death, court does in Dot’s

Landmark diner will close Sunday DOVER - After 30 years in business, it’s last call for Betsey’s Dot’s of Dover. The restaurant will close its doors on Sunday, May 5. Its current owners, Steven Garcia and Rachel Garcia-Summers, say the closure is due to several factors, but...

Dover School students participate in a warm-up during rehearsal. Ivy Kirby

Students ready to take to the stage

School to hold first performance since COVID
DOVER- The Dover School is bringing back its theater program. The Dover School Club, a parent booster group that supports The Dover School, is working on the school’s first production since before COVID. Rehearsals and set building started in...

River Valleys school district preps for annual meeting, vote

WARDSBORO - At their meeting on Monday, April 22, at Wardsboro Elementary, the River Valleys Unified School Board reviewed the warning for the annual meeting.
On Monday, April 29, from 10 am to 7 pm, voting by Australian ballot will take place for article 12. Article 12 elects a director...

Board gets good news on well test at library

DOVER- Selectboard members discussed, then tabled, their response to a new state payroll tax, and received good news about a well test at Dover Town Common.
Board members discussed a new payroll tax under Act 76, also known as the 2023 Child Care Bill, which will provide child care...