Nowhere in Dover is the Christmas season more evident than in the downtown area, starting from City Hall and then west along Loockerman Street to Queen Street.
As we proceed further into the Advent of Christmas, and thereby closer to the time of gift-giving as well as religious observance, a quote from the “Off Duty” section of the Wall Street Journal is interesting to mention.
Fred Celentano, an IBM retiree who lives in Franklin Lakes in northern New Jersey (close to New York) has been my friend for six decades. He was also the best man when Mary and I were married.
Our son David and his wife Carolyn were in Philadelphia over the weekend to attend the wedding of our granddaughter Becky Clifton to Lance Hansen. Circumstances prevented us from going, but by all accounts from family members who were there it was a wonderful occasion. The bride was beautiful and the bridegroom handsome. We were very sorry to miss it.
While the weather forecast of cold temperatures was plain enough, it was a great surprise to me early on Sunday to find heavy frost on my car. I scraped it off.
Having become more of a tea drinker in recent months, I took particular notice of a story in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal which had as its main head: “Bigfoot Hunters Detect Signs of the Hairy Beast in Siberia.”
Having become more of a tea drinker in recent months, I took particular notice of a story in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal which had as its main head: “Bigfoot Hunters Detect Signs of the Hairy Beast in Siberia.”
As the years roll on it seems there are fewer and fewer local citizens immediately recognized by many people when only their first names are used.
If you said “Crawford” a generation ago, for example, it almost surely was Dover Mayor Crawford Carroll you were talking about.
My younger brother David is a Franciscan priest and is now a resident scholar at St. Bonaventure University in western New York State. We had never visited the school before but last weekend had our first opportunity. Son Don, who lives in Lewes, kindly drove us there and back, a round trip of nearly 800 miles.
Going into a store where everything is being sold at a deep discount can be a pleasant experience. Who doesn’t like a bargain?
Jim Flood Sr. has food on his mind this week, promoting local produce stands and restaurants as delicious and friendly places to frequent.
Jim Flood Sr. appreciates those serving in the armed forces, muses on nutty squirrels, and throws in a few ponderings on Maine.
Publisher Emeritus Jim Flood Sr. enjoys the bounty of summer by visiting the site of the U.S. Open and catching a rare catfish.
Jim Flood Sr. delves into a wide range of timely topics, from his evasion of the latest telephone scam to his disinterest in the Earl Bradley trial to Gov. Markell's choice for secretary of DelDOT.
Dover Post Publisher Emeritus Jim Flood Sr. discusses everything from potatoes under attack to a city manager's missing element and Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce's best of the year.
We never did try to give our group a special name. It was just the “book club,” a small group of friends interested in reading books and discussing them. We met roughly on a monthly basis, with the summers off.
Publisher Emeritus Jim Flood Sr. catches "60 Minutes," arranges seating at a dinner party, tries a new dish at McDonald's and expresses condolences for the death of Dallas Lawter.
Publisher Emeritus Jim Flood Sr. meets Delaware State University's president, watches the scrapple episode on "Dirty Jobs," renews his driver's license and still has time to watch the Super Bowl.
Publisher Emeritus Jim Flood Sr. compares and contrasts Jack Lewises and shares more Dover history.
A history of Silver Lake, the shifting temperatures of winter and the now-famous Dover Bald Eagles are still holding the attention of Jim Flood Sr.
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