Bank offers Amish community unique welcome
WILLSBORO, NY – Horse-drawn buggies have become a familiar sight on roads in the Boquet Valley as the Amish relocate to the area. Now one local bank has developed a novel way to welcome the…
Elkhart County Plans To Install “Buggy Lanes” On County Roads
ELKHART COUNTY, IN – Commissioners in Elkhart County are moving forward with a plan to install buggy lanes on a couple busy county roads. The project would put an exclusive lane on these county roads specifically…
House fire in Aaronsburg displaces Amish family….no injuries reported
AARONSBURG, PA – An Amish family is without a home after it caught fire Thursday. Firefighters faced strong winds as they battled the flames The chief of the Millheim Fire Company told WTAJ that the fire…
Amish Family Creates Tasty Treats at Toasty Oven Bakery
ST. ANNA, WI — The Mast family didn’t set out with a master plan to open an Amish bakery. But one thing led to another, and their newfound venture, Toasty Oven Bake Shoppe, recently celebrated its…
Appeal granted to St. Johnsville man convicted of abusing Amish boys
ALBANY, NY — The state Appellate Division of Supreme Court has granted an appeal made by a St. Johnsville man who was sentenced to a 40-year term in state prison in May 2015 for abusing…
Rural Pennsylvania Clinic Treats Amish, Mennonite Children Who Have SMA
STRASBURG, PA – Visitors to the Clinic for Special Children (CSC) just outside Strasburg, Pennsylvania, might be forgiven for thinking they’ve made a wrong turn. Hidden at the end of a long, winding driveway off Bunker Hill…
Amid ongoing dairy farm crisis, Amish and other farmers dropped at the beginning of the year find new milk buyers
Amish dairy farmers who lost their milk buyer the first day of the new year have been given another chance to maintain the livelihood they’ve held for generations. Meanwhile, some non-Amish farmers facing a similar…
Court victory for St. Johnsville farmer who preyed on Amish boys
ALBANY, NY – A former Montgomery County farmer convicted in 2015 of sexually preying on six adolescent Amish boys has a new chance at freedom after a mid-level appeals court reversed more than two dozen…
Police seek driver who struck Amish horse and buggy in Herkimer County
TOWN OF NEWPORT, N.Y. – New York State Police are investigating a crash involving a horse and buggy in Herkimer County. According to police, officers responded to a reported hit-and-run collision that occurred around 8:05 a.m.…
Horse euthanized after driver hits Amish buggy in Herkimer County
NEWPORT, N.Y. — New York State Police in Herkimer responded around 8 a.m. Wednesday to reports of a hit-and-run crash on Summit Road in the town of Newport. According to troopers, an investigation found that…