The Palms Restaurant Adds New Hours
Deb Spalding
Terry (Orndorff) Ryder and Doug Long, proprietors of The Palms Restaurant, located at 16-20 West Main Street in Emmitsburg, will now open the restaurant on Tuesdays, from 11:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Customer hours the rest of the week remain the same: Wednesdays through Saturdays, 7:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m.; Sundays 7:30-11:30 a.m., with only breakfast served; Closed on Mondays.
Terry has a long history at the restaurant. She was hired in 1981 by Adam Mott, and worked there full-time for seven years. She left for a job at the Provincial House.
“In 1999, Frank Davis talked me into coming back full-time,” said Terry. His mother, Dot Davis, needed the help, so she worked with Frank and his wife, Julie, to run the establishment. In August of 2001, Terry and Doug purchased the business.
The restaurant stands on a solid reputation for good food. “Everything is homemade,” said Terry.
Customer favorites include soups, crab cakes, the crab & cheddar melt, the real hot turkey sandwich with fries, and the desserts. Despite the chilly weather, the soft ice cream machine is up and running for hot fudge brownie sundaes and pie a-la-mode. Breakfast is also popular at The Palms Restaurant.
“On Sundays, if you get in before the door locks, you will get your breakfast,” said Terry.
The bar at The Palms is also open. Stop by for the popular Orange Crush that also comes in Ruby Red Grapefruit, Orange Cranberry, and Watermelon flavors. When the restaurant is open, The Palms’ bar is also open. Stop in until 10:00 p.m. on Wednesdays; 11:00 p.m. on Thursdays; and 12:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Specials this month include Roast Turkey on Thursdays and Pan Fried Chicken on Wednesdays.
Call 301-447-3689 for carryout.
Pictured are Terry Ryder and Doug Long, owners of The Palms Restaurant in Emmitsburg.
Photo by Deb Spalding
Main Street Groomers Open Shop in Emmitsburg
Deb Spalding
Judy Cochran opened the first Main Street Groomers shop with her twin sister, Cindy Grimes, in Thurmont a few years ago.
Since that first opening, Cindy has shifted her attention to her real estate business, while Judy has opened additional shops on several Main Streets: Taneytown, Walkersville, Middletown, and, most recently, Emmitsburg.
Greta Gray is the full-time groomer at the Emmitsburg location. She’s been grooming for over a year, having completed her training at the Thurmont shop.
Main Street Groomers is a full-service groomer for dogs and cats. They will give your pet a bath, a shave, a haircut, a clipping, a nail trim, clean their ears, brush their teeth, and so on.
“Most people will choose their groomer by location. We have a great reputation for being a full-service, friendly groomer. We take very good care of our dogs and cats,” said Gray.
Shop owner Judy Cochran said, “It’s important to me to ensure that our customers receive the best of care. Our pets are members of our families, and we treat them as part of our family while they visit.”
Customer, Eric Lewis of Emmitsburg, took his boxer named Koolie to the Emmitsburg Main Street Groomers, because he received their colorful flier in the mail. “I chose this groomer because of location. Greta is doing a great job,” said Lewis.
Emmitsburg’s Main Street Groomers is open Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 8:30 a.m. until the last appointment. Appointments are requested for all services, except nail clipping. Walk-ins are accepted for nail clippings for $10.00 (mornings are recommended).
Please ask about their Bath Therapy program for dogs with allergies or skin issues!
Pets of all sizes, colors, breeds, and temperaments are welcome to the shop. All pets will be pampered equally. Services start at $25.00, but specific prices will be determined when the scope of services is defined.
Stop by 321 West Main Street, Suite 1, in Emmitsburg, or call 301-447-3100 for more information. Find Main Street Groomers on Facebook and online at www.MainStreetGroomers.net.
Greta Gray at Emmitsburg Main Street Groomers with Shay Gray and Koolie Lewis.
Photo by Deb Spalding
Seton Village Now Fully Leased
James Rada, Jr.
It didn’t take long for the new Seton Village Apartments in Emmitsburg to fill up. The apartments were open for occupancy in November 2014 and the last of the forty-three units was occupied in early February 2015.
“The people who are moving in love the property, and they love the community,” said Karen Williams, the community manager for Humphrey Management, who handles the leasing of the apartments.
Homes for America, a non-profit housing development corporation, redeveloped one wing of the Daughters of Charity Provincial House and converted the A wing into forty-three senior apartments. The apartment sizes range from 600 square feet to 900 square feet. They include a mix of one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and handicap-accessible designs.
Homes for America is based in Annapolis, Maryland. It specializes in creating affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households, in particular those that include seniors or people with special needs. Since 1994, Homes for America has created 67 housing communities that contain 5,258 rental units in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Delaware.
Williams said that the apartments and its residents have integrated well with the other non-profit and business operations in the building. The apartments share their building with the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the Daughters of Charity Archives, and St. Joseph’s Ministries.
While some of the residents in Seton Village already lived locally and simply relocated, other residents moved into the community from out of state.
“We have residents from Massachusetts, Florida, and Texas,” Williams said. “With the family from Texas, their family lived locally and was able to relocate them here when they heard about the apartments.”
Seton Village, which began two years ago, received a federal loan to help purchase the property. As long as the community continues to meet certain conditions, the loan will not have to be repaid.
Getz Computers and Communications Opens in Emmitsburg
Deb Spalding
Getz Computers and Communications is now open to service all of your IT needs at 402 West Main Street in Emmitsburg. Proprietor, Brian Getz, of Emmitsburg, has eighteen years of experience in basic networking and cabling, personal computer repair, laser printer repair, laptop repair, virus removal, spyware removal, operating system upgrades, and just about anything to do with a personal computer.
Before opening the store, Brian worked out of his house. He had two reasons for moving into a retail space: (1) Internet service—he did not have good service in his home; (2) Retail inventory—he’d like to sell retail computer items such as mice, keyboards, HP computers, print cartridges, and the like.
Call Brian Getz at the new Getz Computers and Communications shop for all of your IT needs at 301-447-4292. Brian can also help to dispose of old equipment, but he cautions customers that there may be a cost involved, especially when the customer would like the data on the hard drives to be erased or shredded before a computer is junked.
Brian can also coach computer “dummies” with the basic use and function of their computers. He will go to your location or you can stop by the shop.
There is convenient free parking on both sides of the street outside of his shop.
Pictured are Brian Getz and his son, Zachary.
Photo by Deb Spalding
