Tata & Howard's final report on Colonial Water System now available

Tata & Howard's final report on the flushing, tank evaluation, and sustainability portion of the Colonial Water Company, Dover, Massachusetts (MA) Discoloration Assessment project for the New England Service Company who currently own the Colo...

Dover's new Monitoring Wells Dashboard is now live

The Town of Dover rolled out a new Monitoring Wells Dashboard today that's featured on the Dover Water Resource page. 

The Town of Dover has 13 monitoring wells that were installed as part of the work performed by Klienfelder. These wells...

Town seeking content for new Community Newsletter

In an effort to expand Dover’s official Town communication channels, we’ve teamed up with Town volunteers in the creation of an electronic newsletter. The goal of this newsletter is to provide residents an easier and consolidated way t...

10.23.2021 Dover COVID-19 Update

COVID-19 UPDATE : 10.23.2021 

CASES IN DOVEROn October 21, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported that during the two-week period 10/3-10/16 there were 10 new COVID cases in Dover.  During the week of 10/18-10/22, there we...

Dover Water Resource Information

Hard work and collaboration go on across Town departments to move projects ahead and continue to meet the goals of our community. Take a moment to learn more about the efforts of Town staff, committee members and all of the dedicated work put in by Town s...

Dover Town Projects

Hard work and collaboration go on across Town departments to move projects ahead and continue to meet the goals of our community. Take a moment to learn more about the efforts of Town staff, committee members and all of the dedicated work put in by Town s...

Community Center Building Committee

The Community Center Building Committee stays hard at work on this project right in the heart of Dover. Learn more about this multi-phased...

Costume Contest

Who is ready for our 2nd annual SPOOK-TACULAR VIRTUAL COSTUME CONTEST?!?

1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes will be awarded for EACH of the following FIVE CATEGORIES:

• BABY / TODDLER / PRE-K

• KINDERGARTEN - 2nd GRADE

• 3rd - 5th GRADE

• 6th - 8th GRADE

• FAMILY / GROUP

Plu...

Pumpkin Decorating Event

Dover resident families are invited to join us for the 2nd annual afternoon of costumes, music and pumpkin decorating at the Caryl Community Center! 

DJ Jimmy's Halloween-themed playlist will fill the air as children each decorate their own pumpki...

Flag Football: Turkey Bowl

P&R staff will pick up all players directly from school following the early release day. We will walk, all together, down to the Chickering Playfields and eat lunch as a group, then will begin the series of flag football games!

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, ...

It's time to register for winter!

Registration for most of our winter 2021/22 programs & special events will open online beginning WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13th @ 10:00AM!

Registration for most winter activities will open to all, through our ONLINE REGISTRATION PORTAL begin...

Dover Traveling Public Art - Call for Entries

2021 Call for Entries

Your mission: Create a placemaking 3D artwork that inspires and unifies our community as it travels from one Parks & Recreation maintained space to another.

• Please submit one work per individual or group. Groups of 2-5 collaboratin...

Welcome to the Dover Parks & Recreation Department!

Whether you're a resident or visitor, we're glad you're here! 

We hope you find our updated website helpful with user-friendly features, compatibility and accessibility updates, interactive notification options and calen...

Current Field Status

All athletic fields at Chickering Playfields and Caryl Park & Playfields are currently CLOSED.

Please respect all field decisions and keep-off of closed fields.

For any questions regarding specific practices or games, you will need to contact y...

Sign-up now for fall 2021 field status updates!

#DoverRec oversees and handles all maintenance, care and closures of the public playing fields at Chickering Playfields and Caryl Park and Playfields throughout each year.

The department always does all that we can to keep all playing fields open ...

Welcome to Dover Rec!

Whether you're a resident or visitor, we're glad you're here! We hope you find our updated

Dover Parks & Rec Newsletter

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