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Topic: Dover (town), Massachusetts


  
  Massachusetts Information - Hometown USA
Massachusetts municipalities are subject to a budgetary law known as "Proposition 2½", by which they may not increase expenditures by more than 2½% per annum without the approval of the voters in a plebiscite.
Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the west by New York, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
Notable Massachusetts colleges that are outside the eastern Massachusetts area include the Five Colleges of the Pioneer Valley (Mount Holyoke, Smith, Amherst, Hampshire and the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts) and Williams, along with Worcester State College.
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  History of Dover, Maine
Dover, the shire town of Piscataquis County, is situated midway of the southern border, having the Piscataquis River on its northern side.
Dover is one of the best townships ot farming land in the county, having a large extent of interval, and few lots not under cultivation.
Dover village has its streets shaded with maples and elms from five to fifty years of age, and is one of the neatest and prettiest places in the State.
history.rays-place.com /me/dover-me.htm   (983 words)

  
  Dover (town), Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As recently as the early 1960's, 75% of its annual town budget was allocated to snow removal, as only a mile and a half of the town's roads are state highway.
Dover was first settled in 1635 and was officially incorporated in 1836.
In the town the population is spread out with 31.6% under the age of 18, 3.7% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dover,_Massachusetts   (513 words)

  
 Massachusetts Web Page
Welcome to the Massachusetts real estate and relocation center where you can find homes, condos, new home builders and commercial investment property.
And, you can BLOG any city in Massachusetts, blog with the residents about real estate values, jobs, health care and even politics.
The weather for Boston, Massachusetts is reported by a local weather station using a combination of TAF and METAR reports from airports and weather stations in the area (ICAO).
massachusettswebpage.com   (230 words)

  
 Dover Massachusetts, 1890   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The surface of the town is somewhat rocky and uneven.
The territory of this town was taken from Dedham, and established as the district of Dover, July 7, 1784; and on March 31, 1836, it was incorporated as a town.
Dover sent as many as 65 soldiers into the war of the Rebellion, of whom four were lost.
www.capecodhistory.us /Mass1890/Dover1890.htm   (427 words)

  
 Dover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Dover is located 16 miles southwest of Boston in eastern Massachusetts.
Incorporated in 1784, Dover relied on agriculture and grazing as the basis for its colonial economy although the ruggedness of its terrain plus the relative lack of waterpower limited its early growth.
By the late 19th century, Dover was a firmly suburban community, some of whose residents had built large country estates.
www.westonland.com /dover.htm   (112 words)

  
 Dover Demon - The Black Vault Encyclopedia Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Dover Demon was sighted on three separate occasions in the town of Dover, Massachusetts, in April 21st-22nd, 1977.
The Dover Demon is today a classic cryptid, with a variety of theories abounding as to what it was or is. Eyewitness evidence strongly suggested that the creature existed, biologically speaking.
In his investigation of the case, Loren Coleman gave the Dover Demon a credibility rating of 5 on a scale of 1 to 10, initially in 1977, but his sense of the reliability of the witnesses and the case has increased.
www.blackvault.com /wiki/index.php?title=Dover_Demon&redirect=no   (1262 words)

  
 Police, town appear near a settlement - The Boston Globe
The end appears in sight for a 19-month stalemate between the town of Dover and its police, now that both sides have agreed to settle the contract dispute through arbitration.
The hearing, which will be held in the Boston law office of Dover's town counsel, Seyfarth Shaw, will give both sides a chance to present their cases and answer questions.
Ramsay declined to say what the town has offered in return but said it is a fair contract for the 11 officers and four sergeants in the union and the town's taxpayers.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2005/09/11/police_town_appear_near_a_settlement   (542 words)

  
 CRWA
Dover and Sherborn are protective of their groundwater supply, and for good reason.
As James Fleming of the Dover Open Space Committee told the Dover-Sherborn Press in October, "The bottom line is the core issue of water." Approximately one-third of Dover consists of protected land; it's just one of many measures taken to ensure good quality groundwater.
Town groundwater committees, open space committees, conservation commissions, snow removal committees and an array of other groups remain diligent about providing an environment in which groundwater is safe and forthcoming.
www.crwa.org /articles/dovergrounded.html   (806 words)

  
 Dover-Foxcroft, Maine -- Early Dover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Maine was still part of Massachusetts, and would remain so for 29 years more, when the territory of which Dover was a part was first explored and surveyed by Samuel Weston in 1791 for the Committee for the Sale of Easter Lands of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Dover was number three in the sixth range and would become bounded by Foxcroft on the north, Atkinson on the east, Garland on the south, and Sangerville on the west.
Blood made the first clearing in Dover and probably the county, the first actual settler to come into the town and bring his family, to become a permanent settler, was Eli Towne, who came from Temple, NH.
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 History
The Dover Baptist Church was erected in the northeastern part of the township in 1760.
It was erected in the midst of a small settlement of Baptists from Dover township and the adjoining areas of Conewago and Warrington Townships.
In 1925, Dover Borough and Dover Township signed an agreement to form a jointure and in June of 1928, a contract was let to build a four-room high school building for $16,850.
www.dovertownship.org /history.htm   (5458 words)

  
 Town of Dover --   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Dover was settled in 1779 by Captain Abler Perry of Hellion, Massachusetts.
The real history of Dover began when a Vermont Charter, signed by Governor Thomas Chatted, head of the newly formed Vermont Republic, was granted on November 7, 1780 to William Ward of Newfane and sixty associates.
The Town of Dover is in the center of southern Vermont.
www.doververmont.com /index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={0ADD3022-6F43-4843-B246-79EC6B1D9178}   (394 words)

  
 The Circus Collection
Dover has a history with circuses so perhaps that is why they ended up at the Library.
He learned the circus business thoroughly and eventually bought out the whole show, and it became Cushing Circus of Dover, N.H. Circuses in those days were transported by team from town to town as booking had to be made within ten to fifteen mile radius, what with gravel and clay roads and possible rainy weather.
The Colonel came back to Dover in 1877 and retired to the farm where he lived until his death in 1884 at the age of 66.
images.dover.lib.nh.us /circus_collection.htm   (969 words)

  
 Massachusetts Illegal Speed Limits
A posted speed limit may be wrong for either of two reasons: it was posted without the approval of the Highway Department, as required by state law, or it was not justified on an engineering study, as required by both state and federal law.
When a town takes over control of a state highway it must remove all speed limit signs unless a new special speed regulation is approved for the town way.
The speed limit on Route #63 from North Amherst up to Montague, Massachusetts is between 50 and 55 miles-an-hour, except for one 0.97th-mile piece of road where the speed limit drops to a poorly marked 45 miles-an-hour passing through the town of Leverett.
www.motorists.org /ma/s.html   (2683 words)

  
 Dover, Massachusetts MA, town profile (Norfolk County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Massachusetts > All counties > Norfolk County > Dover
Dover is a town in Norfolk County, in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy metro area.
The average commute time for Dover workers is 32 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2925   (472 words)

  
 Dover Demon - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Dover Demon was sighted on three separate occasions in the town of Dover, Massachusetts, in April 21st - 22nd, 1977.
One possible answer is that it was a newborn moose, as all sighting incidents except for the sighting in which it was followed up a tree were only for a few seconds, and the description of the creature's head matched that of a baby moose.
One of the witnesses was a known fan of science fiction, and it was suspected during the media frenzy in Dover that he may have perpetrated a hoax inspired by a creature in a science fiction novel.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Dover_Demon   (950 words)

  
 Dover Demon still haunts
Studying Dover’s history, Coleman said in a telephone interview, he was struck by the fact that the area in which the Demon was sighted had a tradition of unexplained activity.
The Dover creature does not match the descriptions of the chupacabras, or of Roswell aliens, or of the bat-eared goblins said to have attacked a family in Hopkinsville, Ky., in 1955.
In Dover, a quiet community dotted with horse farms and one of the richest towns in the state, people are still not quite sure what to make of the story.
www.fuchsiashockz.co.uk /articles/nature/Dover_Demon_still_haunts.php   (1915 words)

  
 The Cocheco Massacre
Walderne agreed that the Massachusetts Indians should be returned to Boston for punishment, but he did not want local, loyal Indians to be harmed in the process.
Little Margaret (rechristened Christine by French nuns who raised her in Quebec) later returned to Dover at age 45 and opened a tavern.
By 1700 however, the town had begun to resume its former importance.
www.dover.lib.nh.us /DoverHistory/cocheco.htm   (1584 words)

  
 History
Dover is known as New Hampshire's first permanent settlement and is the seventh oldest in the United States.
The Boston and Maine railroad came to Dover in 1841 and for a period in the mid-1800's ocean-going schooners moved cargo between Dover and ports abroad.
Dover was incorporated as a city in 1855.
www.dovernh.org /Pages/Historic.htm   (613 words)

  
 Sherborn, Massachusetts - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
In addition to Dover, Sherborn is bordered by the towns of Natick, Framingham, Ashland, Millis, Holliston, and Medfield.
In the town the population is spread out with 31.9% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the town is $121,693, and the median income for a family is $136,211.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Sherborn,_Massachusetts   (519 words)

  
 DOVER, Massachusetts • Historic New England
Dover lies 5 miles W. from Dedham and 14 S.S.W. from Boston.
This town is bounded northerly by Charles river, and in it are manufactures of nails, iron hoops and rods, ploughs, brushes, boots and shoes.
The surface of Dover is uneven, and a large part of it covered with wood.
newenglandtowns.org /massachusetts/dover   (75 words)

  
 UniversalLivingWage.org--Massachusetts Fair Market Rent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Plymouth county towns of Carver town, Duxbury town, Hanover town, Hingham town, Hull town, Kingston town, Marshfield town, Norwell town, Pembroke town, Plymouth town, Rockland town, Scituate town, Wareham town
Worchester county towns of Berlin town, Blackstone town, Bolton town, Harvard town, Hopedale town, Lancaster town, Mendon town, Milford town, Millville town, Southborough town, Upton town.
Bristol county towns of Acushnet town, Dartmouth town, Fairhaven town, Freetown town, New Bedford cityPlymouth county towns of Marion town, Mattapoisett town, Rochester town
www.universallivingwage.org /states_fmr_tables/MA_FMR2002.htm   (446 words)

  
 brief history of Dover
Dover is the oldest continuous settlement in New Hampshire and the seventh oldest in the United States.
The original township of Dover included the present towns of Dover, Durham, Lee, Madbury, Somersworth, Rollinsford, and parts of Newmarket, Newington, and Greenland.
Dover has always used the Cocheco and Bellamy Rivers to its economic advantage.
www.dover.lib.nh.us /DoverHistory/cityof.htm   (207 words)

  
 Massachusetts Attorney General: 2103
Milford - #2103 - A provision of the town's Table of Use Regulations that prohibit "Religious Uses" in the town's "Business Park" zoning district was disapproved and deleted because the provision was inconsistent with the protections given to religious uses under G.L. c.
General Laws Chapter 40A, Section 3, prohibits a town from prohibiting, regulating, or restricting the use of land or structures for religious purposes.
state law for the town to prohibit or require a special permit for such uses on land less than five acres and zoned for agricultural uses or on land greater than five acres in size.
www.ago.state.ma.us /sp.cfm?pageid=1385   (781 words)

  
 Dover Massachusetts Real Estate
Dover has easy access to commuter trains in a neighboring town and is close to major routes.
Dover is located so close to Boston that many residents work within the city limits and commute.
With the tranquility of small town living, yet, conveniences of city living nearby, it's easy to see why Dover is a great place to live.
www.relocate-america.com /states/MA/cities/dover.htm   (427 words)

  
 Dover :: homes-rus.com :: Your Internet Realtor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Town of Dover is an affluent rural suburban community set between the western and southwestern axis of metropolitan Boston expansion.
Incorporated in 1784, Dover relied on agriculture and grazing until the late 18th century when mills were developed, although the ruggedness of its terrain plus the relative lack of water power limited its early growth.
The damming of the Charles River in the late 18th century provided some power and allowed the development of mills which made nails and rolled iron, but the future of the community was not industrial.
www.homes-rus.com /Article37-thread-order1-threshold0.html   (290 words)

  
 Dover, New Hampshire
The town was also known by the Indian names of Newichwannock (place of wigwams) and Cocheco; and briefly called Bristol and North-ham before permanently becoming Dover.
The settlement was an independent government until 1641, when residents agreed to be annexed to Massachusetts; the town returned to New Hampshire when provincial status was restored by King George II in 1741.
The 2005 Census estimate for Dover was 28,486 residents, which ranked seventh among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.
www.nhes.state.nh.us /elmi/htmlprofiles/dover.html   (409 words)

  
 Prudential Prime Properties Advantage - Community Guide
The Town of Dover is a rural suburban community located southwest of metropolitan Boston.
Incorporated in 1784, Dover relied on agriculture and grazing until the late 18th century when mills were developed.
Dover was recently selected by Boston Magazine as the #1 healthiest town in the greater Boston area.
www.pruprimeadv.com /dover.php   (158 words)

  
 Dover, MA - Real Estate in Dover, Massachusetts
The Town of Dover is an affluent suburban community set between the western and southwestern axis of metropolitan Boston expansion.
Incorporated in 1784, Dover relied on agriculture and grazing as the basis for its colonial economy although the ruggedness of its terrain plus the relative lack of water power limited its early growth.
By the late 19th century, Dover was a firmly suburban community some of whose residents had assembled large country estates.
www.homesinboston.com /communities/dover   (192 words)

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