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🌱 How did Dover teams kick off their fall sports seasons?
Coming up: Dover After Dark on the Dover Patch calendar
Good day Dover! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How did Dover teams kick off their fall sports seasons?
- How high did Dover's priciest August home sale climb?
- Why Dover's Silver Fountain Inn tops New Hampshire tea room lists
Also on today's calendar: Dover After Dark and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Humid with rain tapering off, with a high of 74 and low of 61 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 82, low: 58.
- Saturday: Clouds and sun with a shower, with a high of 75 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Wednesday Seacoast Roundup: Dover volleyball wins opener, more results (seacoastonline.com) — Dover High School athletes opened their fall seasons strongly, with the defending Division I champion volleyball team edging Goffstown 3‑2 and the boys and girls cross-country teams both winning the Jamie Martin Invitational. Dover's girls soccer side also blanked Nashua North 3‑0 behind balanced scoring and solid goalkeeping, while other Seacoast schools logged notable volleyball and soccer results around the region. 
2. Strafford County home prices rise again as luxury sales grow. See lowest priced homes, too. (seacoastonline.com) — Dover homeowners are seeing luxury prices rise, with a Dover Point Road waterfront property topping Strafford County's August home sales at $2.69 million. The piece breaks down the county's most and least expensive recent sales, showing how high-end demand in Dover and nearby towns contrasts with lower-priced fixer-uppers in Farmington and Rochester.
3. 9 Hidden New Hampshire Tea Rooms Where The Scones Taste Like Grandma Made Them (takingthekids.com) — Dover's Silver Fountain Inn & Tea Parlor gets top billing in a statewide roundup of cozy New Hampshire tea rooms, praised for its 1871 mansion setting and elaborate Duchess platter. The piece highlights its scones, themed dinner theater events, and easy access to downtown Dover and the Cocheco River, making it a notable local spot for an afternoon ritual or special outing.
4. Dover, NH man charged in I‑95 work‑zone crash in Kennebunk, ME (seacoastonline.com) — A man from Dover has been charged with driving to endanger after his pickup struck cones and a mobile sign board in an active I‑95 work zone in Kennebunk, Maine. State police say speed and the truck's condition contributed to the crash, which damaged equipment but did not injure nearby construction workers; the driver declined further medical treatment after being evaluated.
📸 Around Dover
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dover
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- Dover After Dark →
Downtown Dover, NH 03820
5:00 pm - Fitness with Phipps Walk and Talk Walking Club
Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Meet at the 550 Central Ave Dover, NH 03820
5:30 pm - The Producers
Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Ogunquit Playhouse 10 Main St Ogunquit, ME 03907 - Library closed for Labor Day weekend holiday
Dover Public Library , 73 Locust St., Dover\ - Labor Day Weekend Special Event →
Nebi Park, 28 River St, Dover
10:00 am - The Producers
Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Ogunquit Playhouse 10 Main St Ogunquit, ME 03907 - Sundays at the Farm - Live Music at Hackmatack
Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Hackmatack Farm & Playhouse 538 School St, Berwick, ME, United States, Maine 03901
1:00 pm - MUSIC: Gundalow Concert Series w/ Riverbeds
Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Prescott Park Dock, next to the historic Sheafe Warehouse
6:00 pm - First Sunday of the Month Contra Dance →
Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce 538 School St, Berwick, ME, United States, Maine 03901
6:30 pm - Safe Harbor Swim School is opening at the Best Western in Portsmouth →
Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce 580 US Highway 1 Bypass Interstate Traffic Circle Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Antique Show and Vintage Market →
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Cover 2 Cover book group discussing " The Berry Pickers"
Dover Public Library Trustees Room , 73 Locust St., Dover, NH
10:00 am - MUSIC: Gundalow Concert Series w/ Carol Coronis & Bob Halperin
Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Prescott Park Dock, next to the historic Sheafe Warehouse
5:00 pm - Fitness with Phipps Walk and Talk Walking Club
Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Meet at the 550 Central Ave Dover, NH 03820
5:30 pm - The Producers
Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Ogunquit Playhouse 10 Main St Ogunquit, ME 03907
Thursday September 3
Friday September 4
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💬 Chatter
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- If you like community theater for a great cause - scholarships for kids!
Great show, great date night for a great cause. You will laugh, cry and leave feeling like there is nothing better than old, new friends! Join us! 2… (Nextdoor Cocheco Shelter)
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- Mass General Brigham posted a job opening for LNA - Med Surg Float Pool 36hrs Days in Dover. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dover here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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