Conservation Commission

Dover Conservation Commission warns it will begin fining a long-delinquent Springdale Avenue property owner as a four-year wetland enforcement case drags on with no restoration plan in hand.

Dover Conservation Commission opened contested wetland hearings on four Incendia Partners lots tied to a 40B housing appeal still before Superior Court, while voting unanimously to hire EcoTech and wetland scientist Paul McManus as independent peer reviewer at the applicant's expense.

Dover Conservation Commission approves two compliance certificates and opens major Pine Street rebuild hearing.

DOVER — May 29, 2026 — Dover Conservation Commission unanimously renews consulting agent contract at $120,000 for fiscal year 2027. The four-member board, chaired by John Sullivan, voted 4-0 to approve the contract amendment with consulting conservation agent Janet Harkey-Brauer, nearly doubling the $65,000 figure set in

Dover Conservation Commission continues a contested wetland hearing and recommends a new commissioner.

DOVER — May 14, 2026 — Dover Conservation Commission unanimously backed permanent conservation restrictions on 1,109 acres of Hale Reservation land at its May 14 meeting. The commission voted 5-0 on each of two separate restrictions — CR 17494 Westwood-Dover covering roughly 972.5 acres and CR 17493-Dover covering

Dover Conservation Commission approves 14-unit mixed-use development, punts industrial warehouse case over DEP stormwater dispute.

DOVER — April 9, 2026 — Dover's Conservation Commission unanimously approved an amended order of conditions for a reduced shed project on Bridal Path Circle at its April 9 remote meeting. The commission cleared property owner Cara Fineman to build a 264-square-foot shed within the outer 150-foot

Townsend Conservation Commission backs trail nonprofit, snowmobile club, and calls in outside river scientists amid dam removal controversy.

DOVER — March 26, 2026 — Dover Conservation Commission unanimously backs Trustees of Reservations grant to study five Noannet Brook dams. The commission voted 4-0 Thursday to send a letter of support for a Massachusetts Rivers Alliance grant application — due Friday — that would fund an early-phase assessment of five non-