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Showing posts with label Westminster businesses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Westminster businesses. Show all posts

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Country View Tuxedo & Wedding Accessories is relocating to a shop almost right next door on Main St in Westminster



Country View Tuxedo & Wedding Accessories is relocating to a shop almost right next door on Main St in Westminster https://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/11/country-view-tuxedo-wedding-accessories.html

Mon, Oct 31, 2016

Hello Kevin,

We really appreciate you sharing this information.

Country View Tuxedo & Wedding Accessories was founded February 1998.

Has always been in the Winchester Exchange building in downtown Westminster. And now has relocated into a more convenient and customer friendly location.

I know how important it is for my customers to look the best for their wedding, prom, or social event. I want to give my customers great prices, great selection, and great service. If I would make an error. I am willing to go beyond to make it the best experience. I am a Christian and feel I have a calling here. Saying a silent prayer for the bride and groom that they have a beautiful and wonderful wedding day. Or that the students make it to and from the prom safely.

Styles have changed since I have opened and I have had to adjust to the changes. Suits are being rented as much as tuxedos. So we offer suits and tuxedos, for sale beside as a rental.

The store also has a gift shop with unique items made with forks and spoons, we also have jeeps, motorcycles, and tractors made from car parts.

I am now selling fireman uniforms to local fire departments. I look forward to including service to the police department. My plans are to expand future my services.

Shelly will be sending her information very soon.

Thank You'
Robin Pool-Reese
Country View Tuxedo &

Wedding Accessories

Robin Reese, Country View Tuxedo
15 East Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410-857-7601

Shelly Seitz, Tailor

410-596-5952
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Wednesday, May 04, 2016

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co Westminster Maryland

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co Westminster Maryland http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-revolutionary-idea-in-coffee-at.html

Photo of Dave and Erin Baldwin courtesy of Furnace Hills Coffee Co. video on YouTube.

I recently got a call from a reader that was looking for an article I wrote in October 2013 about the Furnace Hills Coffee Co Westminster Maryland …

Sadly - increasingly - - my articles are harder to find on the Sun’s website. And I am getting more requests from folks looking for my articles. I guess things keep “improving” in the newspaper business and some things are simply out of the writers’ command and control…

It has been said that the famous British writer Virginia Woolf, 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941, once wrote, “It’s the writing, not the being read, that excites me.”

Well, I am not sure who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf, or how Edward Albee feels about writing, but I like being read.

I understand what Ms. Woolf said, but I do not know Martha and George, and I am not going to drag Nick and Honey into this discussion, but I like storytelling. Although, I do subscribe to what has been attributed to Tennessee Williams, “When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.”

And speaking of Tennessee Williams, writing for the newspaper these days reminds of his dialogue in “The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore,” (1963,) “Christopher: We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.

By Kevin E. Dayhoff October 6, 2013 Furnace Hills Coffee Company - Specialty Coffee by Special People - The long version….

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In case you missed it, last Sunday, Sept. 29, was “national coffee day.” Who knew? Many cups of coffee and much more research will be needed in order to percolate the history and tradition of this holiday. Then again, maybe not.

According to an article in Time magazine on Sept. 27, by Brad Tuttle, “Sure, it’s a totally made-up holiday based on almost no real tradition or significance other than being a day for folks in the industry to promote coffee…”

Nevertheless, National Public Radio, (NPR) noted in an April 24, 2013 article, “How Coffee influenced the course of history,” Coffee is a powerful beverage. On a personal level, it helps keep us awake and active. On a much broader level, it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our culture.

“Coffee plants grow wild in Ethiopia and were probably used by nomadic tribes for thousands of years, but it wasn't until the 1400s that people figured out they could roast its seeds… By the 1500s, he says, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world. Within another 150 years, it took Europe by storm.”

Up until the middle of the 1600s, coffee was primarily used for medicinal purposes, healing everything from scurvy to gout to smallpox. Commonly accepted folklore indicates that perhaps the first coffeehouse in history started in an academic environment in Oxford England in 1650.

National Geographic reports in a January 19, 2012 article, “How coffee changed America,” that in 1670, “Dorothy Jones of Boston was granted a license to sell coffee, and so became the first American coffee trader,” and that by “1688, coffee replaced beer as New York’s favorite breakfast drink.”

NPR observes, “It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of 1773, when American colonists raided British tea ships and threw crates of tea into the harbor, Americans universally switched over to drinking coffee.” After 1773, it was considered unpatriotic to drink tea.

NPR notes historian Mark Pendergrast’s research, “One of the ironies about coffee is it makes people think. It sort of creates egalitarian places — coffeehouses where people can come together — and so the French Revolution and the American Revolution were planned in coffeehouses…”

Locally there is a frequent mention of coffee in many historical accounts of Carroll County; especially in discussions of social settings and dinners; however there are hardly any references to coffeehouses.

In colonial times, Westminster was located one day's journey from Baltimore on what is frequently speculated to have originally been a Native-American trail west. There were at one time seven large hotels and many restaurants in town which catered to westward bound travelers.

Dry goods and provisioning stores, restaurants and the hospitality industry has always a key role in shaping Westminster’s history. Research a number of years ago by historian Jay Graybeal refers to a September 1971 article by former Historical Society of Carroll County curator Miss Lillian Shipley, who wrote, “Around the turn of the century Westminster had seven churches, seven hotels and eighteen saloons…”

In the 1960s and 70s there was a popular coffeehouse, "B's Coffee Shoppe," where O'Lordan's Irish Pub is now located in the "old stone building" on Liberty Street.

A number of popular coffee shops have started in Carroll County in recent years. A recent trip to the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. at 71 West Main St., in Westminster reveals an egalitarian use for coffee that is revolutionary.

At Furnace Hills, the aroma of coffee wafted into the street Saturday afternoon, the day before the national coffee holiday. There, Regina Harshman was juggling business phone calls, roasting coffee beans, and doing various housekeeping chores among huge sacks of coffee beans at the one room coffee shop next to Harry’s Main Street Grille.

“I’m an employee…,” said Harshman smiling, without looking up from the coffee roaster and a container of mixed coffee beans that she was studying intensely.

After gesturing to the huge bags of coffee, Harshman volunteered, “I actually drive to the port occasionally to pick up these 60 kilo bags of coffee… 132 pounds, they’re heavy… (The) business (was) started by Erin’s Dad, Dave Baldwin… He’s the pastor at LifePoint Church.

“He has a fulltime job. This is actually Erin’s business. They started the business at home for something for Erin to do… in order for her to be productive.” Watch Dave and Erin explain the business on YouTube

Asked who “Erin is,” Harshman gestured to a brochure, “there’s more information on the website, “Furnace Hills is special coffee roasted by special people. The Chief Coffee Roaster, Erin Baldwin, has Down Syndrome. We started in 2010. We’re a gourmet specialty coffee business … Our vision is to employ developmentally disabled people in competitive jobs while providing high quality product that keep customers coming back.

According to information found on the website. “Our first employee, Erin Baldwin, has Down Syndrome. Although she is challenged in how she lives her life in a number of areas, she loves to roast coffee and is doing a great job as well… Our goal is to hire more developmentally disabled people as our roasting company grows.”

“We’re on Main St, in part because Erin’s Dad feels passionately about turning around downtown – Main St. Westminster. In spite of a big increase in business, we want to stay true to our mission… Erin loves her job…,” said Harshman as she answered the phone to keep track of one of the several events in which Furnace Hills was providing the coffee.

“We were a little kitchen roaster that has turned into a name in the (coffee) industry. I mean, we are in the Whole Foods Market – the grocery chain market. We have a national customer base.”

One frequent customer, Abby Gruber, the Westminster Director of Recreation and Parks, says she loves Furnace Hills coffee. “The shop is right there near the city offices. The smell just calls you. I always enjoy the company and the coffee there…”

“I love the mission. I love working here,” said Harshman Saturday. “It is great coffee and I love telling the story.

When he is not in one of the local Westminster coffee houses, Kevin E. Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff (at) gmail.com

Read More: A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. [Eagle Archives] By Kevin Dayhoff 9:02 a.m. EDT, October 2, 2013 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-eagle-archives-20131001,0,4635850.story





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Sunday, February 21, 2016

Saturday evening candle light vigil Feb. 20, 2016 6 pm. At JeannieBird Baking Company, 42 West Main Street, Westminster, MD

Saturday evening candle light vigil Feb. 20, 2016 6 pm. At JeannieBird Baking Company, 42 West Main Street, Westminster, MD 




Several folks including Don West, Dean Camlin, and Eddie Brooks organized a candle light vigil at JeannieBird Baking Company, 42 West Main Street, in Westminster, MD.

Hats off to these community leaders for their thoughtfulness. Carroll County always comes together and we are there for one another.

A big thanks to Don, Dean, and Eddie. Beautifully done.


And a special thanks to Thomas Kowalczyk and Rad Darby who also stopped to help out and pay their respects. First class.

Saturday evening candle light vigil Feb. 20, 2016 6 pm. At JeannieBird Baking Company, 42 West Main Street, Westminster, MD

I'll post a few pictures from the event later.










Opening words by Don West

Song by Dean Camlin

Song by Eddie Brooks – I’ll fly away.

"I'll Fly Away"

Some bright morning when this life is over
I'll fly away
To that home on Gods celestial shore
I'll fly away

I'll fly away, oh glory
I'll fly away in the morning
When I die hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away

When the shadows of this life have gone
I'll fly away
Like a bird from these prison walls I'll fly
I'll fly away

I'll fly away, oh glory
I'll fly away in the morning
When I die hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away

Oh how glad and happy when we meet
I'll fly away
No more cold iron shackles on my feet
I'll fly away

I'll fly away oh glory
I'll fly away in the morning
When I die hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away

I'll fly away oh glory
I'll fly away in the morning
When I die hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away

Just a few more weary days and then
I'll fly away
To a land where joys will never end
I'll fly away

I'll fly away oh glory
I'll fly away in the morning
When I die hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away
I'll fly away

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The Westminster Fire Co extends its sympathy to the family of Jeannie Vogel of JeannieBird Baking Co who died in today’s traffic accident.

Prayer by Westminster Fire Dept. Chaplain

Ms. Vogel was a lovely person who steadfastly supported the Westminster community and the Westminster Fire Department. We lift Jeannie and her family, co-workers, and friends into our hearts and pray for comfort and healing at this terrible time. She will be greatly missed.

On behalf of the men and woman of the Westminster Volunteer Fire Department

The Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Company No.1 extends its sympathy to the family and loved ones of Jeannie Vogel of the JeannieBird Baking Co., our neighbor on Main St in Westminster, who died in yesterday’s traffic accident.

O god of grace and glory, we remember before you today our sister Jeannie Vogel

We thank you for giving her to us to know and to love as a companion in our pilgrimage on earth and our service to our community. 

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this very difficult time. 

Those we love don't go away. They walk beside us every day, Unseen, unheard, but always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear.

May memories of happy times sustain us, the support of family and friends comfort us, and may God's love embrace you and your family and bring you peace.

In your boundless compassion, console us who still mourn. 

Give us faith to see that death has been swallowed up in the victory of our Lord, so that we may live in confidence and hope until, by your call, we are gathered to our heavenly home in the company of all your saints.

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We also say a prayer for the firefighters, EMS personnel, state highway workers, and police officers who left their homes in the middle of night to respond to this terrible accident. They fought the fire, freezing temperatures, ice, and multiple dangers of the accident this morning at Rte. 27 and Kate Wagner Road.

God of earth and air, water and fire, height and depth, we pray for those who work in danger,

Who rush in to bring hope and help and comfort when others flee to safety,

Whose mission is to seek and save, serve and protect, and whose presence embodies the protection of the Good Shepherd.

Give them caution and concern for one another, so that in safety they may do what must be done, under your watchful eye.

Support them in their courage and dedication that they may continue to save lives, ease pain, and mend the torn fabric of lives and social order. Amen.



The #Westminster Fire Co extends its sympathy to the family of Jeannie Vogel of JeannieBird Baking Co who died in today’s traffic accident. http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-westminster-fire-co-extends-its.html

Saturday evening candle light vigil Feb. 20, 2016 6 pm. At JeannieBird Baking Company, 42 West Main Street, Westminster, MD http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/02/saturday-evening-candle-light-vigil-feb.html




CARROLL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — A fiery crash took the life of a Carroll County woman known for putting smiles on the faces of many people with her food. http://cbsloc.al/1QRmcUg
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Friday, February 19, 2016

The Westminster Fire Co extends its sympathy to the family of Jeannie Vogel

The Westminster Fire Co extends its sympathy to the family of Jeannie Vogel of JeannieBird Baking Co who died in today’s traffic accident. http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-westminster-fire-co-extends-its.html


The Westminster Fire Co extends its sympathy to the family and loved ones of Jeannie Vogel of the JeannieBird Baking Co., our neighbor on Main St in Westminster, who died in today’s traffic accident. Ms. Vogel was a lovely person who steadfastly supported the Westminster community and the Westminster Fire Department. We lift Jeannie and her family, co-workers, and friends into our hearts and pray for comfort and healing at this terrible time. She will be greatly missed.

We also say a prayer for the firefighters, EMS personnel, state highway workers, and police officers who left their homes in the middle of night to respond to this terrible accident. They fought the fire, freezing temperatures, ice, and multiple dangers of the accident this morning at Rte. 27 and Kate Wagner Road.

God of earth and air, water and fire, height and depth, we pray for those who work in danger,

Who rush in to bring hope and help and comfort when others flee to safety,

Whose mission is to seek and save, serve and protect, and whose presence embodies the protection of the Good Shepherd.

Give them caution and concern for one another, so that in safety they may do what must be done, under your watchful eye.

Support them in their courage and dedication that they may continue to save lives, ease pain, and mend the torn fabric of lives and social order. Amen.

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Police believe owner of JeannieBird bakery killed in Route 27 crash


Police believe the owner of a popular Westminster bakery and café was killed in fiery traffic crash involving a tractor trailer on Route 27 early Friday morning.

Because of the severity of the injuries, Maryland State Police investigators were unable to positively confirm the identification of the deceased victim prior to autopsy results from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. However, based on evidence retrieved from the scene of the crash, in addition to information received from family members, investigators believe the victim was Jeannie Vogel.

Vogel, 53, co-owned JeannieBird Baking Company on Main Street in Westminster. The crash occurred shortly after 4 a.m. when the tractor-trailer struck the vehicle Vogel was driving, causing both vehicles to catch fire…




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My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. [Eagle Archives]

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. [Eagle Archives]

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. [Eagle Archives] By Kevin Dayhoff 9:02 a.m. EDT, October 2, 2013


[…]

A number of popular coffee shops have started in Carroll County in recent years. A recent trip to the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. at 71 West Main St., in Westminster reveals an egalitarian use for coffee that is revolutionary.

At Furnace Hills, the aroma of coffee wafted into the street Saturday afternoon, the day before the national coffee holiday. There, Regina Harshman was juggling business phone calls, roasting coffee beans, and doing various housekeeping chores among huge sacks of coffee beans at the one room coffee shop next to Harry’s Main Street Grille.

[…]

One frequent customer, Abby Gruber, the Westminster Director of Recreation and Parks, says she loves Furnace Hills coffee. “The shop is right there near the city offices. The smell just calls you. I always enjoy the company and the coffee there.”

Read More: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-eagle-archives-20131001,0,4635850.story
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Saturday, April 07, 2012

New breakfast menu at www.cupteabar.com. Lora says


Dayhoff Daily Photoblog, Dayhoff photos, Westminster Bus Tea Bar Cafe 7 E Main, Westminster businesses

The revenge of the cash register sales tape at the www.cupteabar.com 4 Sat tea


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Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Eagle Archive: Shopping for a silver anniversary present for TownMall

Eagle Archive: Shopping for a silver anniversary present for TownMall





It was Wednesday, March 4, 1987, at 12:45 p.m. that Cranberry Mall — now known as TownMall of Westminster, on Route 140 at Center Street — held its much-anticipated grand opening.

"Cranberry Mall was a long time in coming to Carroll County," recalled a story in the Baltimore Sun in 2000. "A sign planted in farmland flanking Route 140 had boasted that a shopping center was coming soon, but for 15 years nothing happened."

Then it was in 1985 that a New York-based developer bought the land and broke ground for the shopping center, according to newspaper accounts.

Construction continued in earnest in 1986 on the $36 million, 428,392-retail square foot facility. The March 4, 1987, edition of the Gettysburg Times reported that the mall created "close to 1,000 jobs ... (and) generated $9 million in local contracts. Projected tax revenues include $2.6 million in sales taxes, $1.6 million in income taxes and $543,000 in property taxes." … http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/opinion-talk/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0311-20120307,0,6391220.story




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