Dover

Angry Orchard Festival preparations underway

DOVER - Mount Snow events manager Tim Dolan was at Tuesday’s Dover Selectboard meeting to discuss the upcoming Angry Orchard Rock the Roots Music Tour, which will happen at Mount Snow on July 7. Following a discussion with Dolan, the board approved a motion to submit a letter of support for the...

Cable company vies for fiber project

DOVER - At economic development director Steve Neratko’s monthly meeting with business owners Tuesday, May 22, Ryan Duncan, of Duncan Cable, presented a proposal from the company to provide fiber-to-the-home service in East Dover.
“Last year, FairPoint did come with a proposal (for fiber...

Pastor pitches disc park for town property

DOVER - Economic development director Steve Neratko held his monthly meeting with business owners Tuesday, May 22.
Pastor Jeremy Kirk, of the West Dover Congregational Church, proposed that the town fund and operate a public disc golf course. Neratko also discussed business grants...

Impact of local option tax questioned

DOVER - Economic development director Steve Neratko held his monthly economic development meeting on Tuesday night. Following discussions about a new town website and a town newsletter, resident and business owner Rich Werner questioned how beneficial the town’s economic development funds, which...

Mary Fredette stands alongside a banner at The Gathering Place in Dover.

Gathering Place director retiring just short of local opening

DOVER - As of Friday, Mary Fredette, the executive director of Brattleboro-based adult day center The Gathering Place, will no longer be at the organization’s helm. Fredette is retiring (sort of, anyway) about a month short of the grand opening of a satellite location for The Gathering Place in...

Scott Mackie is part of a group that seeks to bring a marijuana dispensary to Dover. He is seen here at an information meeting held in March at the Dover Town Hall.

Board to survey voters about dispensary ban

DOVER - At its meeting Tuesday night, the Dover Selectboard was told it could not hold a special Town Meeting for a vote about proposed town ordinances banning marijuana dispensaries. Town clerk Andy McLean said the course of action wouldn’t follow the appropriate procedure for adoption of...