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West Nile virus was confirmed in mosquitoes trapped in Dover, town health officials announced, prompting new precautionary guidance as residents also navigate the town's Level 2 drought restrictions on outdoor watering. The Dover Board of Health is urging residents to use repellent and …

Dover declared a Level 2 Significant Drought Monday, limiting nonessential outdoor watering to early morning and evening hours. The town's News Flash restricts hand-held hose and watering-can use to before 9 a.m. and after 5 p.m., citing persistently dry conditions. Separately, Aquarion…

A possible takeover of Norwood Hospital could restore emergency-room access for Dover residents, Patch reported in a dispatch published Monday, Aug. 3. Dover-Sherborn Patch, under staff writer Jessie Castellano's byline, also flagged that three Massachusetts bars earned national best-in…

Dover released its August town newsletter this week, rounding up department and board updates for residents. The town's Board of Fire Engineers and Tree Preservation Committee both meet Monday, Aug. 3, at Town House. Elsewhere, Dover-Sherborn Patch reports in its "Patch AM: Former Dover…

Red Cross urges Dover-area residents to give blood as Massachusetts supply hits a four-year summer low. The Red Cross said statewide blood donations have not kept pace with hospital demand this summer, a shortfall Dover-Sherborn Patch highlighted in an Aug. 1 report urging residents to …