The Library will be closed on Monday, May 28 for the Memorial Day holiday.

The Library will be closed on Monday, May 28 for the Memorial Day holiday.
NOTE: We are open both this Saturday 5/26 (9-5) and Sunday 5/27 (1-5) but this will be our last Sunday until September.
Weekday hours stay the same year-round, but we close at 1pm on Saturdays in the summer and are not open on Sundays.

SUMMER HOURS at the Library begin June 3 and are:
Mon-Tue-Wed 9am to 8:30pm
Th-Fr 9am to 5:30pm
Sat. 9am to 1pm
Sun. CLOSED (June, July, & August)

 

NH's famous Cog Railway: June 4, 6:30pm

     

     On Monday June 4^th at 6:30 pm Jonathan Hively will present a lecture about his time working for the Mount Washington Cog Railway. Jon worked for the railway as a fireman, brakeman and engineer from 1974-1986. He recently completed a book about his experience entitled “First Out: My Life on the Mt. Washington Cog Railway”. Jon will bring a few items from his extensive collection of antiques and paraphernalia related to the Cog to share with the audience. Copies of his book will be available for purchase and signing at the event. 

     The first mountain climbing cog railway in the world will celebrate its 150^th anniversary in 2019. The train makes a spectacular climb up a 3 mile long trestle to the 6,288-foot summit of Mount Washington.

     Jonathan Hively lives in North Conway, NH. He was born in Columbus, Ohio. Jon studied at Capital University in Bexley, Ohio in applied music and graduated from Thomas Edison College, Trenton, NJ with a Bachelor of Arts. He is also well known for his bagpipe playing.

The program is free and open to the public. For more information call the Library at 603-516-6050. 

16th Annual Poetry Contest Winners

Dover Public Library’s

16th Annual Poetry Contest

The Dover Public Library would like to announce the winners of our 16th Annual Poetry Contest.  We would like to thank our judges: Janice Alberghene, John Michael Albert, Maria Faskianos, Marcia Goodnow, and Marsha Pelletier.

Category 1:      1^st Place: Mary Eja, Grade 2, St. Mary Academy
                        2^nd Place: Ella Dupuis, Grade K, St. Mary Academy
                        3^rd Place : Joey Karam, Grade 1, St. Mary Academy

Honorable Mention:
              Alexander Brown, Grade 2, Portsmouth Christian Academy
              Megan Merrigan, Grade 1, Horne Street School

           

Category 2:     1^st Place: Lily Russell, Grade 4, St. Mary Academy

                        2^nd Place:  Hannah Pahucki, Grade 4, St. Mary Academy
                        3^rd Place : Ava Tullis, Grade 3, Garrison School

                        Honorable Mention:
                        Kaleah Norful, Grade 3, Woodman Park
                                                 

Category 3:     1^st Place: Adrienne Milhauser, Grade 5, Berwick Academy

                        2^nd Place: Jack McGee, Grade 6, St. Mary Academy

                        3^rd Place: Asia Saffie, Grade 6, St. Mary Academy

                        Honorable Mention:
                        Margaret Hurley, Grade 6, St. Mary Academy
                                                   

Category 4:     1^st Place:  Keira Langus, Grade 8, Dover Middle School

                        2^nd Place:  Ryan Lightle, Grade 8, Dover Middle School

                        3^rd Place:  Grace Russell, Grade 8, St. Mary Academy

                        Honorable Mention:
                        Morgan Maruin-Cline, Grade 7, St. Mary Academy (tie)

                        Nate Burnett, Grade 8, St. Mary Academy (tie)

Category 5:     1^st Place: Saroya Kinville, Grade 9, Dover High School

                        2^nd Place: Kaleigh McKenney, Grade 9, Portsmouth Christian Academy

                        3^rd Place: Emma Nevins, Grade 10, Dover High School
                        Honorable Mention: 
                        Emily Nelson, Grade 9, Dover High School

                                                   

Category 6:     1^st Place:  Morgen Smith, Grade 12, Berwick Academy

                        2nd Place: Matthew Keilty, Grade 11, Dover High School

                        3^rd Place: Kathryn Komerska, Grade 11, Portsmouth Christian Academy

                        Honorable Mention:  
                        Abigail Barker, Grade 12, Portsmouth Christian Academy
                                                     

Free Legal Forms

Did you know the Library has a database of legal forms for you to use here at the Library, or at home, available 24 hours a day?

The Legal Forms Library provides a wide selection of legal forms specific to New Hampshire, as well as multi-state forms across the most popular legal areas. It includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. You will also find an attorney directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's terms. If you have ever tried to find a legal form on the Internet you know what a great resource this is. Forms are easy to find and free! Make sure to ask for the secret password the next time you are at the library.
 

If you want to try these databases out at the library, simply go to any catalog computer and click on ONLINE RESOURCES at the top right. To use them from home, go to our web page and click on LEARNING & RESEARCH or simply bookmark this link.

Poet Walt Whitman to be portrayed in one-man show by Stephen Collins on May 15

      The Friends of the Dover Public Library are once again pleased to host actor and stage performer Stephen Collins on Tuesday, May 15 at 7pm in the Library’s Lecture Hall. His one-man show, “Unlaunch’d Voices: an Evening with Walt Whitman” opens as the elderly Whitman celebrates his 70^th birthday. He begins to reminisce and to question his success as a man and a poet. He recalls a mystical experience in his 37^th year that inspired him to write poetry.

     As the performance continues, Whitman transforms into his younger self and we learn the story behind his seminal work, “Leaves of Grass”. He explores his preoccupation with the self and his struggles with his sexuality.

     In the second part of the performance, Whitman’s life is changed forever by the Civil War. He discovers his life’s most important work: nursing the wounded soldiers in hospitals. Through his poetry and readings, we see Whitman grow into a mature artist who is at peace with himself, God, and death.

    “Unlaunch’d Voices” relies on as much of Walt’s actual words and dialogue as possible. Whitman made invaluable contributions to modern poetry and free verse. His worth lies in his humanity, his individuality, his struggles, and his joyfully inclusive view of life. Stephen Collins as Walt Whitman will leave the audience with new insight into this great man and great poet, and with an appreciation of Whitman as an eternally free spirit. As you can see from the pictures, there is an uncanny resemblance between the two men!

       Join us for this free theatrical performance at the Dover Public Library! For more information, call (603) 516-6050.