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Jim Flood, Sr.

Inducted into MDDC’s Hall of Fame in 2009. This article is based on information submitted at the time.


Jim Flood, Sr. started with The Baltimore Sun in 1952, working out of an office at the Tidewater Inn in Easton. Part of his job was to ameliorate some of the bad feelings caused by H.L. Mencken’s commentaries, some critical of the Eastern Shore.

He next worked for two years for the Cecil Whig as editor before becoming bureau chief for The News Journal in Dover. In 1963, he began his only departure from the industry, working six years in Washington, DC, as the administrative assistant for U.S. Sen. Caleb Boggs of Delaware.

In 1969, he went back to newspapers, becoming editor of the Delaware Coast Press in Rehoboth Beach, DE, and was instrumental in expanding its operations, adding papers and a press in Selbyville, DE.

In 1975, at the age of 47, he established the Dover Post, which had a rocky start but which became the flagship of the Dover Post Company, which now includes 10 weekly papers up and the down the state of Delaware plus a press operation that prints all our papers and many more besides. The company employs about 175 people.

In addition, he has written a column, “From a window overlooking the St. Jones,” beloved by many, for the 32 years of the Dover Post’s existence, never missing an issue – including one from the hospital while recovering from quadruple bypass surgery.

Until its sale in 2008, the company includes sons Don Flood, editor, and Jim Flood, Jr., president; and daughter and son-in-law Mary and Fred Kaltreider, advertising coordinators. All seven of the Flood children have worked for the company at one time or another.

Submitted by
Don Flood
Former Editor
Dover Post