U.S. Justice Department intervenes to stop Sugar Grove Township from requiring Old Order Amish to abandon privies and connect ...

Old Order Amish in Warren County will no longer be required to use an electric component of a sewer system following a ...

After years of legal wrangling, Sugar Grove’s Old Order Amish residents will legally be allowed to use their outdoor privies rather than be required to use Sugar Grove’s municipal sewage system. The ...

Federal authorities have stepped in to resolve a lawsuit involving the Sugar Grove Area Sewage Authority (SUGASA) which ...

Times Observer file photo Copies of Old Order Amish legal filings challenging Sugar Grove Township’s attempts to force the Amish to hook up to sewer lines are pictured. After years of legal wrangling, ...

For over two decades, Dr. Jonathan Haines has studied genetic factors that contribute to diseases of aging and “successful” aging in the Old Order Amish. A growing health concern in the US population ...

After years of lawsuits, court proceedings and, finally, asking for the federal government to intercede, Old Order Amish families in Sugar Grove Township can use their privies. It seems like a trivial ...

The American Experience documentary The Amish portrays Old Order Amish people and communities in North America. They are a distinctive Christian subculture that traces its roots to the 16th ...

Last month, the Hardin County Common Pleas Court granted a temporary restraining order, according to Cory Anderson, a sociologist who studies Amish communities and has worked on the case.

Under the agreement, Amish households will be exempt from the sewage system requirement and allowed to use privies, according ...

The following has been edited for length and clarity. I was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, one of the main Old Order Amish places in the US. I grew up on a small farm in a little ...