Nestled in a narrow, makeshift balcony at the back of the auditorium of the Dover Little Theatre (DLT) are four chairs with a bird’s eye view of the stage. No audience member, however, will enjoy these prime seats. They are reserved for the theater’s resident ghosts.  

Joe Kubert was 2 months old when his family moved to New York City from Poland in 1926. He illustrated his first comic book, Voltan, when he was 12 years old. He was famed for creating comic-book legends such as Hawkman, Sgt. Rock and Tarzan. Kubert was as hardworking as he was talented, setting the standard for visionary artists who brought comic books into the mainstream and fueled the dreams of fans and aficionados worldwide.

Dover is a town shaped by culture, resilience, and transformation. For decades, Latino families have played a vital role in building and enriching this community, yet their stories have often gone untold. “Nuestra Historia: The Latino Legacy in Dover” is a new project committed to changing that. 

By Paul Wood   T he Methodist congregation built the first church in Dover. Now, 168 years later, the stately First Methodist Church of...

The new headquarters is once again ‘making news’ – for the first time in more than a century.   By Linda Mullin/Dover Historical Society...