NEWS
By Frank Lynch and Frank Lynch,Staff Writer | October 11, 1992
Lohr's Orchard is not out of business, and its owner wants t set the record straight."We've simply relocated," Andrew Lohr Jr. said as he inspected cider mill machinery in a renovated dairy barn on his 100-acre TTC orchard in Churchville. "When my brother George and I dissolved our partnership last spring, obviously many people thought we were closing the orchard for good. Our sales fell off approximately 35 percent."George decided to leave the operation, but this is what I like to do best.
NEWS
By James M. Coram and James M. Coram,SUN STAFF | October 19, 1995
State and local officials hailed the Orchard Crossing apartment development in Ellicott City yesterday as a model for providing affordable housing in a high-income setting."
NEWS
By MAUREEN RICE | November 9, 1993
Looking for some great apples to make that American pie for those who don't like pumpkin at Thanksgiving?Carolyn Orchards on Route 32 in Gamber has a dozen varieties, including old-time favorites smokehouse and Grimes golden.Operating since 1955, Carolyn Orchards is named after co-owner Eva Carolyn Brothers."A lot of people think that it's my name, and that's what they call me." Ms. Brothers said. My children used to think it was very funny that people called me Carolyn, but they liked it even better when we went to the supermarket and they heard kids saying to their parents, 'Look!
ENTERTAINMENT
By Elizabeth Large | February 17, 1995
If you haven't been to the Orchard Market and Cafe in Towson lately, you'll find that it's prettier than ever, with a new look to the small dining room. The menu of Baltimore's only Persian restaurant has been redone, too, with such dishes as duck breast in pomegranate sauce with wild currants, and more seafood, including a Persian bouillabaisse and paella made with basmati rice.* Every other month, Rudys' 2900 in Finksburg holds a themed dinner for $39.50 per person -- the one coming up is called "Viva Italia."
FEATURES
By Susan McGrath and Susan McGrath,Los Angeles Times Syndicate | August 14, 1991
Here are a few recent letters to the household environmentalist:Dear H.E.: I recently received a present from my in-laws -- a basket of fancy fruit and jam from a mail-order orchard in Oregon. Imagine my growing dismay as I opened the box, lifted out the foam rubber padding, peeled away the plastic film wrapper, unwrapped the waxed tissue from around each individual fruit and candy, and even found a gigantic Styrofoam insert under the goodies. The packaging dwarfed the edibles. Here's my question: Shouldn't I let my in-laws know that the present they sent contained an unconscionable amount of trash?
NEWS
By Alan J. Craver and Alan J. Craver,Staff writer | October 13, 1991
George Lohr walks the rows of apple trees, checking the fruit that will make the last harvest at his family's Joppatowne orchard. Come next fall, you will not find him conducting this ritual here.After 60 years of growing apples, peaches, plums, pears and pumpkins, Lohr's Orchard -- considered by some longtime residents to be a veritable county institution -- will close at year's end.Instead of trees blossoming in the spring, work will begin on roads and sewer and water lines to serve a new community of 378 houses and town houses to be built on the 85-acre orchard farm.