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More than two centuries of Dover s mills
Quick question for y’all. What has been significant in Dover for 209 years and still important today? Hint. You walk or drive by this important part almost every day. Yay, congratulations. Yes, it is the mills! In one iteration or another, the mills have been a part of the life blood of the community since 1812.
Many locals know there is a story, but most don’t know a lot (we’re talkin’ hundreds of years). Next Tuesday will be your opportunity to learn about this important part of the seventh-oldest continual settlement in the United States. You will then be able to wow your friends, neighbors and visiting family with tales of protests, fires, floods and even dung baths (yes, dung baths). On Tuesday, May 11, the Dover 400th committee will be presenting the next in its series of the history of Dover.
Ron Cole
As we move through 2021, things get weirder. Last year, one of the major concerns was keeping businesses open, keeping jobs open for the population.
Now as we emerge into a more vibrant world, guess what, we keep hearing that there are many jobs available and no one to fill them.
Many food establishments were the ones that were trying to hang on all year because of the necessary strict COVID-19 restrictions limiting the number of people who could patronize them.
Many evolved into takeout businesses and many of their valuable service staff went wanting, and in many cases it was the state or feds that provided financial support so that those folks could feed their families and pay the rent. Today, there are critics who say it is those benefits, which are still being paid out, that are keeping people at home and not filling these positions. Maybe this is correct. Hopefully, it will shake itself out. All I know is that there certainly seem to be jobs out there.