The hidden wisdom of small business
Let’s clear our minds of snow, closed interstates, raging creeks and rewind to a simpler time — a time that still exists. It’s pocketed in sleepy east central Ohio, where the land sways like gentle…
Lawmakers aim to balance safety, Amish beliefs with buggy bill
AUGUSTA, ME — Lawmakers are considering requiring horse-drawn buggies to display reflectors or lights at night in response to safety concerns on the rural, winding roads surrounding Maine’s growing number of Amish communities. There have…
“The Amish Store” coming to the Logan Valley Mall
ALTOONA, PA – A new store is coming to the Logan Valley Mall. “The Amish Store” is filling the vacant spot where “Things Remembered” was. You’ll be able to find baked goods, syrups, jerkey, candy, specialty drinks…
State to create ID cards without pictures for Amish, Mennonite communities
HARRISONBURG, VA – Old Order Mennonites dress plain, rely on horse and buggies for transportation and, for the most part, don’t want their picture taken. It’s meant most members of the community don’t have state-issued…
Amish might miss out on child tax credit, warns IRS watchdog
A wrinkle in the recent tax overhaul might cause problems for the Amish, according to the Internal Revenue Service’s in-house public advocate. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act increased the child tax credit, but Nina…
Holmes County breaks model for economic success with Old-World values, ingenuity
MOUNT HOPE, OH – The horse-drawn buggy navigates the narrow, two-lane road so slowly that traffic backs up for nearly a hundred yards. Behind the carriage, cars filled with tourists and an 18-wheeler loaded with…
Drivers make a living ‘haulin’ Amish’ in rural Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Some people truck chickens down the road or move milk from state to state. Others lug fresh-cut lumber around. The Cisney family makes a living hauling Amish. “I already have a morning…
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Horse and buggy run loose in Seymour, cause thousands in damage
SEYMOUR, MO – A story that sounds like it is straight out of the wild west. A runaway horse and buggy running rampant in Seymour and leaving behind a trail of damage. It was around 11:30…
In Amish Indiana, tradition and heritage mix with basketball
MONTGOMERY, IN – The old chestnut is that basketball is its own religion in Indiana, a church that welcomes Hoosiers into the temple on cold winter nights, celebrating raucous services in front of screaming parishioners. But there’s…
Loose horse, big damage
A series of events last Saturday in Seymour resembled a scene from the 1890s. Or maybe a movie about the Old West. At 11:28 a.m. that morning in the parking lot of the Price Cutter…