It was halfway through the year 2000. People were drinking up their last cases of bottled water and by then were tired of the endless supply of beanie weenies once highly regarded in preparation for ...

Against the futuristic backdrop of a high-tech wind farm, horse-drawn buggies share the road with motorists on the winding, rural highways of southwestern Monroe County. Amish farmers work the land ...

ARTHUR – A British filmmaker visiting Arthur to recruit Amish teens and young adults for a film is not getting a warm welcome from the Amish community. In fact, some of the leaders in the Amish ...

I know an Amish man who uses a cellphone. Fact is, I strongly suspect that Enos may even make calls while driving — driving his horse-drawn buggy, that is, uphill and down along the dusty gravel roads ...

CANTON — Gifts of money, food, building materials and other support from the entire community have been a godsend to an Amish family who are finishing a new home out of the ashes of a house where a ...

This book is available at Sterling Public Library. “A Plain Death” by Amanda Flower is the first book in the Appleseed Creek mystery series. Flower does a wonderful job of bringing outsiders into the ...

The article explores the Amish communities in Virginia, highlighting their history, lifestyle, and presence in various counties.

“When the English Fall” is the diary of a fictional Amish farmer named Jacob and tells a story of conflict between the Amish and their “English” neighbors when disaster strikes. Williams will visit ...

In 1859, a solar storm turned night into day around the world while downing telegraph systems. One can only imagine the havoc such an event would cause now. David Williams has, in a debut novel set in ...

It’s rare for violent crime from the outside world to touch Lancaster County’s Amish population, but not unprecedented. Although their presence in Lancaster County draws thousands of tourists each ...

A new novel aims to portray how the Amish would fare if mainstream civilization collapsed. In "When the English Fall," a solar storm cripples modern technology. Growing increasingly desperate and ...