In This Issue:
Friday, April 10, 2015
Stay informed on the proposed
City budget
Dover Chamber to host State
of the City April 23
Exit 5 northbound ramps to
close for Spaulding Turnpike
construction
Silver Street traffic pattern to
change to one way April 8
Time to renew dog licenses
Discover Dover with Peek at
the Week
Meetings this week:
School Board, April 13,
7 p.m.
The School Board will hold
a regular meeting on
Wednesday, April 13, 2015,
at 7 p.m. in School Board
Chambers at the
McConnell Center.
To view the agenda, click
here.
Planning Board, April
Stay up to date on proposed
budget at City's online resource
Each year, City Manager J. Michael Joyal Jr., presents a
proposed budget to the City Council, followed by a series of
public hearings, workshops and special meetings. The City
Council adopts a final budget in June.
The fiscal year 2016 budget was presented to the City
Council on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 during a City
Council meeting in Council Chambers at City Hall. This
presentation was followed by a budget workshop and public
hearing on the school portion of the budget. Another budget
workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, April 15, at 7 p.m.
in Council Chambers at City Hall. A public hearing on the
City portion of the budget will be held on Wednesday, April
22, at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall.
A digital copy of the budget can be viewed here.
In addition to the City Council presentations, there are
additional ways to stay informed and learn more about the
budget process.
14, 7 p.m.
The Planning Board will
hold a regular meeting on
Wednesday, April 14, 2015,
at 7 p.m. in Council
Chambers at City Hall.
To view the agenda, click
here.
The City provides a newsletter devoted to the budget
process. This newsletter includes more detailed information
about the proposed budget, a look at the budget process, a
review of budget presentations and meetings with the City
Council, and more. The newsletter, Budget Revealed, can
be added to your current list of City of Dover newsletters by
clicking here and adding your email address.
The City also maintains a Budget Revealed resource on the
City's website. These pages include updated information on
the current and previous fiscal year budgets. Budget
Revealed can be found here.
City Council, April 15,
7 p.m.
The City Council will hold a
workshop session on
Wednesday, April 15, 2015,
at 7 p.m. in Council
Chambers at City Hall.
To view the agenda, click
here.
Zoning Board, April 16,
7 p.m.
The Zoning Board of
Adjustment will hold a
regular meeting on
Wednesday, April 16, 2015,
at 7 p.m. in Council
Chambers at City Hall.
To view the agenda, click
here.
To view televised meetings
online, on demand, visit
www.dover.nh.gov/dntv.
For a complete list of
upcoming meetings visit the
meeting calendar page.
Open Lands Committee to host
session on buffer regulations
The Dover Open Lands Committee, the New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services and the Great Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve will host a
presentation on state buffer regulations on Wednesday,
April 15, 6:30 p.m., at the Dover Public Library's lecture
hall. The presentation is titled "Building Resilience through
Better Buffers for Residents Living on the Rivers."
The Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act, formerly the
Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act, was enacted by
the state Legislature in 2007. This presentation will provide
a brief history of the act, an overview of the minimum
standards with emphasis on impervious surfaces and
managing vegetated buffers and will review the shore land
permitting process. This session will allow Dover residents who live along a
shoreline to discuss utilizing effective buffers builds
community resilience to increasingly powerful storm events,
as well as the benefits to the city and its citizens.
Regulations for buffers zones will also be reviewed. The presenters include Jay Aube, Shoreland Program
Outreach Coordinator for the NHDES Wetlands Bureau,
who has helped implement the Shoreland Water Quality
Protection Act for seven years. Aube has experience in
environmental consulting and is a former middle and high
school science teacher with a strong background in
environmental biology and chemistry. Also presenting is
Steve Miller, the Coastal Training Program Coordinator at
the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. This session is free but please RSVP to Steve Bird, City
Planner at [email protected].
CITY OF DOVER, NH
288 Central Avenue
Dover, NH 03820
603­516­6000
City Hall hours:
Monday­Thursday
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Recycling Center hours:
Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
State of the City is April 23
Stay
social
with your City
Want the latest news and
important information about
your city? Check out the City
of Dover's official Facebook
page and twitter feed for
the latest updates. The Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce will host the
annual state of the city of Thursday, April 23, from 7:30 to
9:30 a.m., at the McConnell Center Cafe.
Hear city leaders discuss the their vision for the future and
priorities for the upcoming year. Among the speakers are
City Manager J. Michael Joyal, Jr., Police Chief Anthony
Colarusso, City Planner Steve Bird Economic Development
Director Dan Barufaldi, and Superintendent Dr. Elaine
Arbour.
A question­and­answer session will follow the remarks.
The cost of the event is $15 and is open to the public.
The Chamber encourages those interested in attending to
register in advance by clicking here. Registration is
required.
The program is sponsored by Eversource.
For more information, contact the Chamber at 603­742­
2218, or visit www.dovernh.org.
Exit 5 northbound ramps to close
for Spaulding Turnpike construction
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation
announces the planned closing of the Exit 5 northbound
ramps on the Spaulding Turnpike in Dover for several
months, starting around April 13. Portable concrete barriers
will be used at Exit 5 to close off the existing on and off
ramps. The Exit 5 ramps will reopen later this summer.
A northbound traffic shift will allow for the construction of
the new northbound tie­in from the Little Bay Bridge to the
existing northbound lanes north of Exit 5. The Exit 5 ramps
will be reconstructed to match the new alignment.
Motorists needing to access Wentworth Terrace and Hilton
Park will be directed northbound to Exit 6W, and to a
detour back to Boston Harbor Road and under the new
Little Bay Bridge to get from the west side to the east side
of the Turnpike. Southbound traffic needing to access
Wentworth Terrace and Hilton Park, will be able to use Exit
6S and proceed to the signals at US Route 4/Boston
Harbor Road.
Detour signs will be erected to show the new traffic pattern.
Fire, emergency vehicles and school buses will need to use
the detour. Boaters wishing to launch at Hilton Park should
also take notice of this planned ramp closure and detour.
For more information, contact NHDOT at 603­271­3734. Registration for Dover Recreation's
Camp Kool begins April 15
Camp Kool is a summer day camp for
children ages 6­12 (as of June 1, 2015)
residing in Dover and surrounding
communities. Camp Kool is held in the
Dover Arena and Guppey Park. This
park and facility boasts a 17,000­
square­foot indoor facility, the Charles
Holt Rink, the Jenny Thompson Pool,
Guppey Park ball field, picnic pavilion
and acres of grassy areas for campers to enjoy.
Activities include various sports, swimming, ice skating,
outdoor adventures, arts and crafts, weekly trips, games,
team building activities and much more. Children can be
registers for one or more weeks, but not less than one
week. This year's hours are extended to 5:30 p.m. for pick­
up.
The 2015 Camp Kool season runs from June 22 to Aug.
14, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For more information, including the cost of Camp Kool, visit
the Camp Kool page here, or call Dover Recreation at 603­
516­6060.
Silver Street traffic now one­way
The Silver Street traffic pattern is now one way, effective
April 8, 2015. Silver Street (NH Route 9) will be a one­way street,
inbound (easterly) only, from the intersection with Arch
Street and Towle Avenue to the intersection with Central
Avenue (NH Route 108). This pattern will be in effect at all
times of the day, every day, through at least the end of
September. The suggested detour route for passenger cars from
downtown will be via Washington Street to Arch Street.
The intersection of Washington/Arch Streets will be
converted to a three­way stop during this project in order to
help safely process the extra traffic. The secondary detour
(truck route) will be via Central Avenue to the Spaulding
Turnpike. Severino Trucking, the city's contractor for this
reconstruction project, is mobilizing in the Silver Street
area. Some construction will continue this season in the
area west of the Arch Street and Towle Avenue
intersection, but it is expected that this stretch will remain
open to two­way traffic.
For more information, visit the Silver Street Reconstruction
Project page here or contact Community Services at 516­
6450.
Meet Dover author Gregory
Bastianelli April 13 at the Library On Monday, April 13, at 7 p.m., meet
author Gregory Bastianelli at the Dover
Public Library. Bastianelli has just
published his second novel, "Loonies",
copies of which will be available for
purchase, courtesy of Jetpack Comics of
Rochester.
Bastianelli was born, raised, and still lives
in Dover. His first novel was "Jokers
Club" and he has also published several
short stories and the novella "Lair of the
Mole People" which appears in the pulp
anthology "Men of Mystery Vol. II". He
graduated from the University of New
Hampshire where he studied writing. He
then worked nearly two decades in the
newsroom at Foster's Daily Democrat,
where the highlights of his career were
interviewing shock rocker Alice Cooper
and B­movie icon Bruce Campbell.
Gregory
Bastianelli
April 12­18 is National Library Week and the Dover Public
Library is proud to support and encourage the endeavors of
all local authors. Please call the Dover Public Library at 603­516­6050 for
more information.
DMS performance of 'The Little
Mermaid' continues this weekend
The Dover Middle School Drama Club will stage "The Little
Mermaid" on Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11, 2015,
at 7 p.m.; and on Sunday, April 12, at 2 p.m. All
performances are at Dover High School in the auditorium.
Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children and students. Tickets can be purchased in advance at Dover Middle
School or at the door. For more information, contact the
middle school at 603­516­7200.
To view a video about the production, click on the image
below:
Time to renew dog licenses
Dog licenses for 2015 are now available. All dogs must be
licensed by April 30 to avoid a late fee. The cost for a male
or female dog is $10, a neutered male or spayed female
dog is $7.50 and puppies (3­7 months) are $7.50 for first
licensing.
Residents 65 years of age or older may license one dog for
$3. Additional licenses require regular fees.
The City Clerk's office requires proof of rabies information
and a certificate of spaying or neutering.
Late fees of $1 a month begin June 1.
Dog licenses can be renewed at the City Clerk's office at
City Hall, by mail or online.
In addition to online licensing, rabies information can also
be updated online and the certificate mailed to the City
Clerk's office. A checking account or credit card is required
for online dog license registration. To ensure privacy, dog
owners must provide the dog's tag number. To renew online, click here. For more information, contact the City Clerk's office at 516­
6018.
Dover Public Library announces
upcoming movie screenings
The Dover Public Library has announced its Saturday
matinee schedule for mid­April through May. Free movies
start at 2 p.m. in the library's Lecture Hall. Everyone is
welcome.
April 18: "Into the Woods" (PG; 2 hrs. 5 min.)
April 25: "The Hobbit: the Battle of the Five" (PG13; 2
hrs. 24 min.)
May 2: "Song of the Sea" (PG; 1 hr. 33 min.)
May 9: "Yellowbird" (PG; 1 hr. 30 min.)
May 16: "Interstellar" (PG13; 2 hrs. 49 min.)
May 23: "Strange Magic" (PG; 1 hr. 33 min.) May 30:
"Seventh Son" (PG13; 1 hr. 42 min.)
In addition, the library has an evening movie series on the
second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. On May 13,
the adventure thriller "Black Sea" will be shown. (Rated R;
1 hr. 54 min.). And during school vacation week, there will
be a special matinee showing of "The Boxtrolls" on
Monday, April 27 at 2 p.m. (PG, 1 hr. 13 min.). For more information, please call the library at 603­516­
6050 or view the Calendar of Events at
http://library.dover.nh.gov.
City's boards and commissions keep our community vibrant
The City of Dover is a vibrant community due in large part
to the energy and talent of citizen participation on boards
and commissions.
The City's boards and commissions encourage public
participation, including new members to fill vacant positions.
A video that explains the role and significance of our City's
boards and commissions can be viewed here.
For a complete list of the City's boards and commissions,
as well as more information about vacancies and how to
apply for boards and commissions, click here . Featured this week: Pool Advisory Committee
Pool Advisory Committee
The Pool Advisory Committee is currently seeking to fill
vacancies.
To download an application for board and commissions,
click here. Completed forms should be returned to the City
Clerk's Office. Committee application forms are kept on file
for one year from date of submission.
For more information, contact the City Clerk's office at 516­
6018.
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D I D Y O U K N O W? The following events are recorded in "Notable Events in the
History of Dover, New Hampshire: From the First
Settlement in 1623 to 1865," by George Wadleigh, "Historic
Rambles About Dover," by Robert A. Whitehouse, "Port of
Dover: Two Centuries of Shipping on the Cochecho" by
Robert A. Whitehouse and Cathleen C. Beaudoin, and
several other historical sources.
For more on the history of Dover, settled in 1623 and the
oldest permanent settlement in New Hampshire and
seventh oldest in the country, visit the Dover Public Library,
Locust Street; and the Woodman Institute Museum, Central
Avenue. The Public Library also maintains an online
collection of historical information, located at
http://www.dover.lib.nh.us/DoverHistory/cityof.htm. April 14, 1661 ­ The town voted that the grant made to
Valentine Hill to erect a saw mill on the Lamprey River be
revoked unless some person should appear within six
months to hold and improve the same. Mr. Hill died
previous to this time. He came from Boston and went
largely into business, being one year the largest taxpayers.
He left his affairs in disorder, and the above vote was
passed by the town to straighten them out, so far as it
operated. April 15, 1697 ­ The Provincial Council ordered Major
William Vaughn to send six men to Heard's Garrison at
Dover for strengthening the same, the men to be equally
divided between Portsmouth and Hampton. April 13, 1767 ­ At the town meeting, it was voted to
appoint a committee "to search the Town's former accounts
to see if there is any mistake in said accounts and if they
find any to endeavor to have them rectified; 40 pounds
were raised for the support of schools; Capt. Shadrach
Hodgdon had leave to hang a gate near the house of
Joseph Hodgdon at his own cost; Elijah Estes was
indemnified for the loss he sustained in the weight of gold
as purser for the selectmen; and it was voted not to
purchase a Town House. Thomas W. Waldron and Otis
Baker were chosen representatives. April 10, 1852 ­ A very severe storm which continued
nearly a week, commenced April 10, raising the streams so
high as to overflow their banks, and compelling the
Factories to suspend work. Bridges were carried away and
much other damage done. April 10, 1863 ­ Died on Dover Neck, Mr. Thomas
Henderson, aged 91 ­ the oldest man in town.
M U N I C I P A L M A T T E R S Time to register your vehicle?
Save time, register online
Did you know you can save yourself time and a trip to City
Hall by registering your vehicle online?
Online vehicle registration renewal is easy, safe and
secure. You can register online by providing a PIN number
or your license plate number. Your PIN number is provided
by the City of Dover and can be found on your renewal
notice.
For your convenience, you can now pay for motor vehicle
registration by credit card.
For more information on the E­registration process, click
here. Missed the meeting?
Catch it again online
Don't forget: If you missed the live City Council, School
Board or Planning Board on Channels 22 and 95, you can
catch it again, online and on demand.
Simply visit the City's website at www.dover.nh.gov/dntv to
begin watching meetings on demand. Online meetings are
organized by agenda item for convenience.
C O M M U N I T Y C A L E N D A R Dover Chamber kicks off annual
sweepstakes and auction
It's time to "Paint the Town Red" at the Greater Dover
Chamber of Commerce's Sweepstakes and Auction.
This annual event, underwritten by Federal Savings Bank,
features a delicious dinner, cash bar, door prizes, games
and activities, silent and live auctions and ten cash prizes
with one lucky attendee going home with $10,000 cash.
Only 250 tickets are sold for this exclusive event, giving
attendees 25:1 odds of going home a cash winner. Purchase tickets in advance, as the event is guaranteed to
sell out. "Sweeps" is a fundraiser for the Greater Dover Chamber of
Commerce, with proceeds benefiting Chamber community
events including Apple Harvest Day, the Cochecho Arts
Festival, Citizens' Leadership Academy, and more.
For more information, visit the Greater Dover Chamber of
Commerce website here.
Want to stay up to speed on exciting events and activities in
Dover? Sign up for the Greater Dover Chamber of
Commerce's weekly newsletter, Peek at the Week, for up­
to­date information on what's happening in Dover. Whether it's the schedule for the Cochecho Arts Festival,
art exhibits or where to shop for local products, sign up for
Peek at the Week, and you'll be ready for the week ahead.
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