Chief Jonathan Delaney is reviewing legal options to fight department restructuring. A small group of protestors met outside Dover Town...

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Dover’s Baker Theater, opened as a vaudeville playhouse, has hosted icons such as Harry Houdini, Abbott & Costello, and George Burns and Gracie Allen. Some of film’s biggest stars came to life during its days as a movie theater. Now the landmark at 39 W. Blackwell Street, with its iconic Broadway-style marquee, is entering a new chapter.

The Longo Planetarium is in Cohen Hall, room 207, at CCM, 214 Center Grove Road in Randolph. Visitors can park in Lot 7 and follow campus signs to the building. For showtimes, ticket info, and additional details, visit CCM Longo Planetarium. 

Jeff Hoyt is beginning his 12th season as the head coach of the Dover High School boys’ soccer team. During his tenure, the Tigers have amassed a regular-season record of 146-67-10. The teams have a 21-9 postseason record, winning two Sectional Championships (2017 & 2020) and finishing as state championship runner-up in 2017. In 2024, the team record was 15-5 overall, with a 9-1 record in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference (NWJAC) - Freedom Division, where they finished

For more than 70 years, an amusement park in the hills of northwestern New Jersey provided summertime fun for the young and young at heart. The roar of the roller coaster, the magic of the carousel, the smell of popcorn in the air, and the sense that adventure was only as far away as the next ticket booth … for countless thousands, the place that had all this and more was Bertrand Island Park.

The event will feature judged categories, so expect trophies, door prizes, commemorative T-shirts, food, and live entertainment. Every dollar raised goes to Dover Rotary’s charitable work in the community. 

The season-opening event will focus on comedy and chaos.  By Mariana Simioni Dover Little Theatre will be home to big laughs for its...

“I didn’t go to my high school prom because my school was new—it was only the second graduating class in 1968,” says Dover resident Janice Anthony. “The staff wanted to hold it in the cafeteria, and many of us felt it should have been more special.” Fifty-seven years later, Anthony went to her dance. The Dover Senior Prom, “The Time of My Life: Enchanted,” captured the enduring spirit and vitality of the more than 100 senior citizens in attendance. 

At first glance, one-year-old Giovanna “Gigi” Iachetta is a bubbly toddler with a radiant smile. But behind the giggles is a fierce little fighter living with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC), a rare, incurable genetic liver disease affecting one in 100,000 children.

County College of Morris is hosting a college fair to give prospective students and their families a chance to learn more about CCM and more than 125 four-year colleges and universities.

From sidewalk chalk sketches to dramatic photos, bright and moody acrylics to all-are-welcome community murals, Dover was filled with music to the ears and inspiration for the eyes. Here is a glimpse into a week’s worth of captured thoughts and images:

Bryan Suarez trains people to reach their athletic best, but even he needs someone to keep him fit and focused. So he asked a boyhood friend, Alfonso Nunez-Perez, to run with him. “We figured if we were going to get right for the summer, we would do it together as friends,” Suarez says. “We were training for a half-marathon, and friends kept asking to join us for a run. It attracted a decent number of people, so we hosted a group run.”

Mayor James Dodd outlines claims against Police Chief Jonathan Delaney on the Dover website. Watch tonight's virtual meeting. Tonight's...

It may be over 2,000 miles from Colombia to Dover, NJ, but that hasn’t stopped the New Jersey town from celebrating Colombian Independence Day. Every year on July 20, Colombians celebrate their country’s freedom from Spanish

The SmartAsset study rated the key performance metrics of the Garden State’s 18 two-year colleges that offer associate degrees and have at least 500 full-time students. The categories include full-time retention rate, student-to-faculty ratio, and in-state tuition and fees.  

The association has raised nearly $8,000. To donate, go to the association’s GoFundMe page. 

Michael Frank, president of Milestone House, spoke to the crowd about the universality of addiction—and recovery.  “Addiction doesn’t discriminate,” he said, “but neither does recovery. Everyone deserves the right to get help.”

If you’re double-parking or placing your car or truck in a Dover restricted zone and see grey posts—about three feet tall and topped with...

Dover expresses itself. Like any community worth its salt, the Dover community must express itself. And it does so, among other ways, through literature.