Dover Selectboard

Public porta-potties will be available along the Valley Trail from May through October this year

Pickleball porta-potties pass muster

DOVER- Potty talk topped discussions at Tuesday evening’s regular Dover Selectboard meeting.
Board members approved a request for $1,605 in economic development funding for porta-johns at a private pickleball court along the Valley Trail owned by Farm Road Estate. Although the...

Festival, trails funds approved, participation rules to be considered

DOVER - At its regularly-scheduled meeting on Tuesday, the Dover Selectboard approved several funding requests, including one for the Blueberry Festival Street Fair and one for maintenance of the Hathaway Trail. The board also discussed a provision for how it will spend its ARPA money, the...

Board told reappraisal lagging

DOVER - At Tuesday’s meeting of the Dover Selectboard, town assessor Linda Sherman said she didn’t think the board was taking her townwide commercial reappraisal seriously enough. After expressing doubt that some pertinent information had been shared with the board, the board promised it would...

Gathering Place funds to be voted on

DOVER - Maggie Lewis, executive director of adult day center The Gathering Place, told the Dover Selectboard at its Tuesday, November 5, meeting that she is requesting a $10,000 annual contribution from the town. The board told her it would need to be warned as an article at Town Meeting.
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Rep urges joint internet district

Fears raised over FCC change that may end rural telephone service DOVER - On Tuesday, Rep. Laura Sibilia urged the selectboard to consider talking to other towns about the possibility of forming a communications union district, or CUD, to bring high-speed internet access to the...

Board reverses course, agrees to fund units from development fund

DOVER - A motion to fund GPS units for Dover’s trails-focused search and rescue group out of economic development funds was approved at the Dover Selectboard’s meeting on Tuesday. At the board’s last meeting, a similar motion failed after several board members said they felt the expenditure...

Regional policing gets tepid response

DOVER - At the Dover Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, chair Josh Cohen read aloud an invitation from the Wilmington Selectboard to attend a facilitated meeting about merging the towns’ police departments. The Dover board agreed to send a counter-invitation, expressing its desire to have a less...

Board, development director narrow focus

DOVER - On Friday, the Dover Selectboard had a lengthy public work session with economic development director Steve Neratko. The purpose of the session was to define what does, and does not, fall under the purview of Neratko’s responsibilities in the role. Several items were solidified as fitting...

Prioritizing projects top priority for town officials

DOVER - Several economic development issues were discussed at Tuesday’s Dover Selectboard meeting, including how economic development director Steve Neratko will proceed with determining the town’s economic development priorities. Other updates included the decision to put out an RFP for a new...

Survey says: Ban marijuana dispensaries

DOVER - The results of Dover’s marijuana survey were released on Tuesday. Overall, survey responders did not support the prospect of medicinal or recreational marijuana dispensaries being located in the town. What comes next was debated at length at Tuesday’s selectboard meeting.
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