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The Dover-Foxcroft handbook

Living in Dover-Foxcroft, ME: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in most of Dover-Foxcroft comes from Dover-Foxcroft Water District, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. To register to vote, go to the Dover-Foxcroft Registrar of Voters: Dover-Foxcroft runs its own elections.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Dover-Foxcroft, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Dover-Foxcroft.

Electricity

Power comes from Central Maine Power

Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves 98.2% of Dover-Foxcroft residents. Its homes paid an average of 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $147 a month (its average across Maine, for customers on its standard service). Maine lets you buy power from another supplier; 8% of Central Maine Power’s home customers do, and Central Maine Power still delivers it.

Start or move service: cmpco.com · (800) 750-4000

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Dover-Foxcroft Water District

Dover-Foxcroft Water District supplies Dover-Foxcroft: about 54% of residents live in its service area. About 46% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 2,400 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. ME0090470.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Dover-Foxcroft

98% of 2,249 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Fidium FiberFiber89%2,000/2,000
SpectrumCable, Fiber64%1,000/50
Premium Choice BroadbandFiber41%1,000/1,000
Consolidated CommunicationsDSL3%10/1
T-MobileFixed wireless24%25/3
AT&TFixed wireless20%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Dover-Foxcroft

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Dover-Foxcroft, from the town’s own site.

Drop-off

Dover-Foxcroft Regional Solid Waste & Recycling Facility

Landfill Road (off Milo Road at intersection with Foxcroft Center Road), Dover-Foxcroft, ME

Permit needed

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

Cost: Free dump sticker, picked up at your respective town office

What goes in the recycling bin

Sorted recycling

Separate your recyclables by material.

  • Newspaper and Magazines
  • Corrugated Cardboard
  • Paperboard (junk mail, cereal boxes, etc.)
  • Steel and Aluminum Cans
  • #1 through #7 Plastics (no bags or Styrofoam)
  • Glass Jars and Bottles
  • Office Paper
Get the permit from the Town Clerk(207) 564-3318Mon, Wed-Fri 7:30 am-4:30 pm; Tue closed

From dover-foxcroft.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated May 11, 2026, UPDATED & APPROVED 5/11/2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Dover-Foxcroft kids go to
PK–4Se Do Mo Cha Elementary SchoolSchool Administrative District 68
5–8Se Do Mo Cha Middle SchoolSchool Administrative District 68

Dover-Foxcroft is in School Administrative District 68.

C+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Dover-Foxcroft is in ZIP code 04426

ZIP codes where Dover-Foxcroft residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Dover-FoxcroftZIP’s residents in Dover-Foxcroft
04426Dover Foxcroft, ME100%91%
Area code207Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Dover-Foxcroft

Who supplies Dover-Foxcroft’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Dover-Foxcroft Water District (EPA ID ME0090470). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Dover-Foxcroft?

Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Dover-Foxcroft?

Fidium Fiber, Spectrum, Premium Choice Broadband, Consolidated Communications, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Dover-Foxcroft?

04426. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Dover-Foxcroft in?

School Administrative District 68.

How do I register to vote in Dover-Foxcroft?

In Maine you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Dover-Foxcroft Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at maine.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Dover-Foxcroft’s own website (dover-foxcroft.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.