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Dover Main Street gets check from Kennebunk Savings

Fosters Daily Democrat 

DOVER — Dover Main Street recently received a $4,000 contribution from Kennebunk Savings Bank to help the organization continue its programs and events to benefit downtown Dover.

“Downtown Dover is thriving with shops, restaurants and museums,” Dover Main Street Program Director Amanda Gourgue said in a press release. “We want to keep it thriving and this donation will ...

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Dover Dines kicks off Friday

Fosters Daily Democrat 

DOVER — The City of Dover has claimed its place on the map of fine dining at a reasonable price.

In an effort to promote the restaurants the Garrison City has to offer, Dover Main Street will be starting Dover Dines ’16 - Take a Bite Out of Dover on Friday, June 17. Patrons of participating restaurants will find three-course dinners for just $24.95, and many restaurants will also offer thr...

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Hundreds join in annual Dover’s cleanup day

By Ron Cole / news@fosters.com

Anyone who was near the downtown Dover Saturday morning saw a large number of people with garden implements working away. It was Dover Pride Clean Up Day.

Residents of the Garrison City turned out in force from 8 a.m. to noon, spreading throughout the heart of the city raking, weeding, mulching and sweeping.

“This is a huge event,” said Amanda Gourgue, program director ...

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Great race, even for this out-of-shape guy

By Nik Beimler / nbeimler@seacoastonline.com

Foster’s Daily Democrat Dover reporter Nik Beimler ran the first race of the season in the Dover race series and commits to trying to get one of the coveted green jackets.

Dover Main Street organized a great race Saturday morning in the Run Before You Crawl 5K, and gave me a much-needed reminder of how fun and rewarding running can be, despite how much I may have been dreading it.Read more here.

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Running on empty, saving livres turnois

By Nik Beimler / nbeimler@seacoastonline.com

Ciao, Dover!

If you are reading this on Saturday morning, there is a good chance that I am somewhere on the streets of Dover, feeling as though I am in the cold clutches of death. That is because I was convinced to participate in the first event of Dover’s Race Series, the Run Before You Crawl 5K put on by Dover Main Street.

A couple years ago, 3.1 miles would be no...

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Community Action Partnership thanks Dover for donations

Fosters Daily Democrat 

On behalf of the board, staff and clients of the Community Action Partnership of Strafford County, we would like to thank Dover Main Street and the entire Dover community for the incredible donation to our food pantry.

Your donations helped us fill holiday baskets and stock the shelves of our pantry. We are so appreciative of the kindness and generosity of our community to help people meet their basic needs a...

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Just imagine what city could do with $500,000

By Nik Beimler / nbeimler@seacoastonline.com

Dover and its residents may have missed out on winning the Powerball, but there is a chance that it could be awarded with a $500,000 grant for renovations.

DOVER — Dover and its residents may have missed out on winning the Powerball, but there is a chance that it could be awarded with a $500,000 grant for renovations.

What could downtown Dover do with that money? Do...

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Dover Main Street elves collect food

By Karen Dandurant / news@fosters.com

DOVER — Santa and Mrs. Claus were joined by a slew of local “elves” on Saturday, as they all pushed brightly decorated grocery carts down Central Avenue on Saturday.

Santa and his helpers were visiting local businesses to collect non-perishable food items the establishments had been collecting all month. The last stop on the list was Community Action Partnership of Strafford...

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