The Amish have negotiated a pact with modernity. Whereas much of the contemporary world sees technological progress as inevitable, even a moral imperative, the Amish ideal lives in the past, circa 1850. It’s not that the Amish…
MIDDLEFIELD, OH – To many, Mary Yoder’s Amish Kitchen is the quintessential Amish experience. The huge restaurant, next to Route 608 at the edge of Middlefield, attracts tour buses and cars full of visitors who come to…
BELLEVILLE, PA – Dr. D. Holmes Morton, who founded Strasburg’s Clinic for Special Children with his wife in 1989, is making progress on a similar clinic about two hours from Lancaster. Central Pennsylvania Clinic, A…
HUNTSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – In Amish society, young people between the ages of 16 and 21 are encouraged to explore the outside world before choosing the simple life and that often includes the use of…
CAYUGA COUNTY, NY – Late last month, after responding to the third horse and buggy accident in three months, members of the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office sat down to discuss what had gone wrong on…
Three men caught stealing a freezer full of ice cream from an Amish freezer house have been indicted on charges of breaking and entering, and petty theft. Michael L. Pascal, 51, of 15791 Pierce St.,…
ADAMS COUNTY, IN – Two Amish midwives have been charged in Adams County with illegally practicing medicine and administering medication to mothers and babies. Sylvia C. Eicher and Lydiann S. Schwartz, both 73, both face felony charges of Practicing…
CLEVELAND, OH – The leader of a breakaway Amish group in Ohio convicted in hair- and beard-cutting attacks has lost an attempt to appeal his sentence in federal court. An attorney for 72-year-old Samuel Mullet…
Do firefighters want to get to the firehouse fast? Do ducks quack? The photograph accompanying this column tells the story of a phenomenon that somehow escaped the Scribbler’s attention when he discussed big-wheeled Amish scooters…
BRASHER FALLS, NY – With the number of Amish families growing in their community, members of the Brasher Town Board have adopted a resolution that asks the state commissioner of motor vehicles to require members…
