In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Brian Early from Media Services and Erin Bassegio from the Planning Department to discuss the recent activities of various boards and commissions in the city of Dover. Early shares updates from the City Council agenda, including budgetary resolutions, the acceptance of a grant for an electric vehicle, and the completion of the Pudding Hill Water Treatment Plant. Bassegio provides updates from the Arts Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Conservation Commission, Planning Board, and Community Housing Needs Committee. Topics covered include local art projects, trail improvements, wetland buffer impact proposals, site plan amendments, a new telecommunications facility, and a regulatory audit on current land use policies.
In This Week in Dover History, we learn that in June 1792, Dover served as the capital of New Hampshire, with the state legislature seated at the courthouse on the corner of Court and Hanson streets. The historic courthouse hosted notable figures like Daniel Webster and served as both the Strafford County courthouse and the United States District Court.
