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No parking signs were placed along Route 100 in 2021 following complaints of illegal parking by Snow Republic patrons.

Board, brew pub trying to find parking solution

DOVER- Convening as the town’s board of liquor control, selectboard members met with a local business owner at a special meeting on Wednesday, March 8, to discuss zoning, parking, and occupancy issues.
At their previous meeting, board members postponed approval of a liquor license renewal...

Moderator Rich Werner, standing, talks with the audience during Dover’s Town Meeting on Tuesday. Also at the table are, from left, town clerk Andy McLean, selectboard chair Vicki Capitani, selectboard vice chair Sarah Shippee, and selectboard member Dan Balliotti. Lauren Harkawik

Health services questioned, trail debated, at Dover Town Meeting

DOVER - On Tuesday, Dover held its Town Meeting at Dover Town Hall for the first time since 2020. The meeting saw a packed house, with more chairs added after the meeting had begun. Conversation stretched into the afternoon hours and ended with a farewell to police Chief Randy Johnson, who will...

Dover voters will be asked to approve town budget increases Tuesday

DOVER- Selectboard members held a budget informational meeting Wednesday evening, led by moderator Richard Werner.
Under Article 4 of the warning, seeking voter approval of a proposed $2,520,452.51 budget for fiscal year 2024, selectboard chair Vicki Capitani warned voters that the warned...

RVUSD board chair Rich Werner explains proposed changes to the district's articles of agreement at Tuesday evening's meeting.

Voters to have final say of school district board makeup

DOVER- On Monday, February 27, voters in Wardsboro and Dover will vote by Australian ballot on a proposed change in the way the two towns are represented on the River Valleys Unified School District Board.
The board presented the proposed change to their articles of agreement at an...

No Parking signs were placed along Route 100 near Snow Republic in 2021 in reaction to previous parking violations.

Parking problems brewing at Route 100 watering hole

DOVER- Selectboard members, acting as the town’s board of liquor control, postponed a decision on a renewal of a local establishment’s liquor license at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Chair Vicki Capitani and Dover Police Chief Randy Johnson both noted their concerns about...

Board signs on to inclusion pact

DOVER- Selectboard members signed a “Declaration of Inclusion” at their regular meeting Tuesday evening, making Dover the 97th town in the state to do so.
The board met by Zoom with Norman Cohen and Al Wakefield, of the Vermont Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative. Wakefield said...

Disc golf plan approved by board

DOVER- Selectboard members approved an RFP for a disc golf course on their Horace Hill recreational property and postponed a decision on whether they should abandon a proposed section of Valley Trail.
A second round of RFPs for the Horace Hill disc golf course elicited a more satisfactory...

Dover Town Meeting will be held in March at Dover Town Hall for the first time in two years

Dover Town Meeting returns to March

DOVER- After postponing their Town Meeting until May in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year Dover’s Town Meeting will return to traditional Town Meeting day on Tuesday, March 7.
The meeting, which was hosted by Mount Snow at their Carinthia Base Lodge over the last two...

Not a lucky day: A tow truck pulls a town of Dover plow truck out of the ditch on Friday, January 13. Ice caused it to slide off the road. Mark Sprague

Dover to return to traditional Town Meeting day

DOVER- Selectboard members voted to warn this year’s Town Meeting for Tuesday, March 7, a return to traditional Town Meeting day following two years of pandemic-related postponements.
The board also set Wednesday, March 1, at 6 pm as the date for their public informational meeting to...

Rich Werner gives a presentation on tax rates during a River Valleys school board meeting at Dover School in December 2018. Werner was recently appointed to the Vermont State Board of Education by Gov. Phil Scott. File photo

Longtime school leader named to state education board

DOVER - Longtime school board chair Rich Werner has added a new board to his portfolio: the Vermont State Board of Education. Werner was appointed to the board by Gov. Phil Scott. The appointment was announced in late December. Since, Werner has had the opportunity to attend his first meeting,...