Sturdy picnic tables and benches have just been installed at Elms Vale Recreation Ground for everyone to enjoy this summer. Town Councillors for the local Maxton Ward, Peter Wallace, Deborah Boulares, Miriam Wood and Roger Walkden gave money from their grant budget to help a local group “The Silverback Project” fund the materials they needed…
Do you have views on the future of the most significant public building in Dover the Maison Dieu? A working group, including Dover Town Council, डोवर नगर परिषद, and the Dover Society and Dover District Council, is preparing a major bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund to secure the future of our Town Hall at…
Local people and civic dignitaries from across the District gathered to raise a special flag for Armed Forces Day at the Town Council offices. Armed Forces Day is a chance to show our support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces Community – currently serving troops, service families, veterans and cadets…
Dover Town has been awarded Walkers are Welcome status. The proposal to work towards the internationally recognised accreditation has received ongoing support by the Town Council. A very wide ranging Steering group comprising of local Councillors, the Dover Society, local walking groups, व्हाइट चट्टानों महोत्सव चलना, local hoteliers, व्हाइट चट्टानों देहात भागीदारी, Up on the…
For the first time ever the Town Council has funded a piece of equipment that they very much hope will never need to be used. The Civic and Special Projects Committee have given £750 to the 15th Dover scout Group to purchase a defibrillator. Defibrillators save the lives of those suffering heart attacks. The new…
Dover’s High Street is looking spectacular this summer with the installation of 16 magnificent towers of red geraniums each over 2 meters tall. They will bloom brightly right through and into the autumn ensuring that the Town Centre is the place to be for everyone to be shopping, socialising and enjoying life. People…
Dover Mayor Councillor Neil Rix with the basketball teams The Annual Dover–Calais Festival of Sport is always a hard fought event and this year was no exception. Seven teams from Calais visited Dover for a full day of competition with local teams. Dover took the overall cup this year by winning events in shooting,…
Town Mayor of Dover Councillor Neil Rix with the Mayoress Mrs Jackie Rix and the Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports, Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Boyce Town Mayor of Dover, Councillor Neil Rix became Speaker of the Cinque Ports in the historic annual “septennial revolution” ceremony. King Henry III granted the…
“Awesome”, “Fantastic”, “It’s lovely” were just three of the comments that greeted the installation of Dover’s floral tribute to Her Majesty on her 90th Birthday. Phones quickly appeared as people recorded the event. Arranged by the Town Council, the specially designed and planted crown is composed of thousands of individual plants. It will remain at…
Congratulations Over 200 local people and civic dignitaries gathered to congratulate Councillor Neil Rix on his election as Town Mayor of Dover at the Annual Mayor Making Meeting of the Town Council in the historic Maison Dieu on 12 मई 2016. Neil was born and bred in Dover, the youngest of 11 brothers and sisters. …