About the cover photo:

Gary Knox, owner of Forney's Too Ltd. located at 102 W. Loockerman Street in Dover took this picture of City Hall, perfectly decorated for the Fall!

Thanks for sharing your amazing talent with us Gary!

If you haven't been by in awhile, stop in at Forney's Too. Gary is extremely talented and is always willing to share his talent with us. Many thanks, Gary!

Text keyword DOVER to 42828 to be added to our electronic newsletter or log onto the city website at www.cityofdover.com or click on the bar at the top of the newsletter to go back to the website to sign up!

Leaf collection starts on October 17th

For most areas, leaves in the street will be collected the day after your normal trash pickup day. Only loose leaves can be swept into the leaf truck. no bags, no branches, no sticks or trash.

Those areas with trash pickup on Friday will have their leaves picked up the following Monday. Areas where street sweeping occurs overnight will have their leaves collected on the street sweeping schedule.

After January 16, 2023, regular yard waste collection rules apply. All leaves must be placed in privately owned 35 gallon or less plastic yard waste containers. Yard waste containers are picked up on the regular weekly collection schedule. Only loose leaves/yard waste material can be placed inside the containers. No plastic or paper bags can be used.

Any questions concerning the Leaf Collection should be directed to the

Department of Public Works at 736-7025.

Trick or Treat will be held on October 31, 2022 for the City of Dover from 5:00pm till 8:00pm. 

If you are participating please be sure to leave your front light on to designate that you are participating.

Friendly reminder - Parents, please do not let your children go trick or treating alone. Carry a light and watch for traffic!

The City of Dover Department of Water & Wastewater will be flushing various sections of the City’s water distribution system in an effort to alleviate concerns regarding brown water. Staff intends to flush all sectors of the distribution system as long as time and weather conditions permit. Flushing will occur continuously each night from 9:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m., starting on Sunday evening and ending on Friday morning. (In the event of adverse weather conditions, the flushing operations may be postponed by one week.)  CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL FLUSHING SCHEDULE or click on image below to enlarge and open as a pdf.

CLICK HERE to watch a video that will help better understand why we get discolored water and why we flush to help prevent it from happening.

Please join us for a Virtual Public Workshop!

Date - October 12, 2022

6pm to 7:30pm

Please join the Dover Kent County MPO and their planning partners for the introduction of the McKee/Saulsbury Road Study. The purpose of the study will be presented, and you will have the opportunity to provide your input.  

The format of the workshop will be as follows:

·6:00 PM  Instructions for using Zoom

·6:15 PM  Live Presentation followed by  a live Question and Answer  session until 7:30 PM 

Please click on the link below to register for the workshop.  

https://tinyurl.com/McKee-PW-1

HELP INITIATIVE, INC of DELAWARE FREE Program Offerings

For information related to the programs offered by the Help Initiative, Inc. of Delaware please click HERE to open a 2 page pdf brochure. 

Programming includes - Lights On Program, FREE home safety, FREE Home Health Inspections , Education Training, Windows ad More!

JOIN US!

COFFEE WITH A COP ON OCT. 11th

House of Coffi 8am-10am

As fire prevention week approaches its a good time to review your fire escape plans especially with little ones! Log onto NFPA (National Fire Prevention's website) HERE for additional tips! 

We are in hurricane season so it is a good time to remind everyone to get your emergency supplies in order!

Be sure to check expiration dates on food, batteries and other supplies.

For an example of what supplies you should have you can click HERE.

As we saw with the tornado in August of 2020, clean up and restoration takes time. It is important for each of us to understand the value of the emergency supply kit and to make necessary plans.

The holiday season is approaching fast - so we want to get on your calendar! 

December 1, 2022 is the Capital Holiday Festival that includes the tree lighting, caroling and more! Mark your calendar for the 1st from 5-8pm in front of City Hall

December 9, 2022 Dashing Through Downtown Dover Parade! 6:30pm Loockerman Street in Downtown Dover - sign up to participate today! It is a night time parade so we ask all participants to LIGHT IT UP! Parade Entry Form 

To view the profiles (which includes their contact information) of the Mayor and City Council please click HERE.

Wondering who your representatives are for your district?

Click HERE to download the map of the district

City Hall

15 Loockerman Plaza

Dover, DE, 19901