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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,...

Election news, surprise, stole the show in back half of 2022

DEERFIELD VALLEY- The second half of 2022 was dominated by election news. Though there were a few firsts, including the election of Becca Balint as the state’s first woman to serve in Congress, there were few surprises. A notable exception was the strong performance of Bruce Busa, who entered...

Property sales boom drives down CLA, may drive up town tax rate

DOVER- At their regular meeting Tuesday evening, selectboard members discussed recently-released state tax equalization figures, settled concerns regarding the maintenance of a town trail, and punted a decision on snow removal for trail parking.
The board met with town assessor Linda...

Police cruiser trashed by intoxicated offender

DOVER- Police were left with a hefty repair bill after a man in protective custody damaged the back of a police cruiser in a violent outburst.
Dover Police Chief Randy Johnson and Sgt. Mike Arbogast were called to a report that someone had broken a window at a local residence at about 1:...

Parking lot plowing comes into question

DOVER- Selectboard members discussed a request from a local business owner for snow removal and appointed two animal control officers at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Selectboard chair Vicki Capitani said that Richard Caplan, owner of Deerfield Valley Real Estate and the Andirons...