Dover unveils new post office

DOVER — After months of waiting, wondering and working to make it happen, Dover residents are ready to unveil the town’s new post office.

The office, located inside the city’s former fire station, will officially open its doors June 16, according to Paul Nowaske of the Dover Post Office Committee.

Nowaske and a small group of area residents have been working to open the office since last November, when the owners of the current post office were unable to reach a deal with the United States Postal Service on a lease extension. Had Nowaske and company failed at bringing in a new office, Dover residents would have lost their post office boxes and received mail from a rural letter carrier.

The past several months have been full of ups and downs, but Nowaske said the committee was determined to keep a postal presence in town.

“It moved steadily in one direction, but slowly,” he said. “The post office had their own hurdles to make and we had some ourselves. We had to do conditional use permits and variances and building permits to renovate the fire house. So those projects took time.”

Mayor Randy Curless said he and other city officials are excited for the opening and proud of Dover residents for making the post office a reality.

“I think it’s a really good example of the residents of Dover,” he said. “They put a lot of work into it in a quick period of time … I’m tremendously proud of them.”

The new office will be located at 304 Jackson Ave.