Construction is not an unusual sight along the Texas Gulf Coast these days, but this week on Bolivar Peninsula, residents have been seeing something a little different at one site. Bearded men in ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Construction is not an unusual sight along the Texas Gulf Coast these days, but recently on Bolivar Peninsula, residents were seeing something a little different at one site. Bearded ...

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Stan Sperlak had a vision of what his barn should look like, and he may have found the one construction company that could deliver it. Sperlak, 51, of Goshen, had heard about Amish ...

The Amish have long been famous for barn raisings. Now, they're becoming known for building houses for the non-Amish, often using ancient construction techniques. About 600 Amish contractors or ...

In the calm of a sunny summer day in Richland in Oswego County, the banging of hammers, gnawing of hand saws and humming of a generator filled the air. More than 60 Amish from Oswego County and ...

MARSHALL, Mich. — Members of the Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance announced Thursday, they are working with the Amish community in Albion and with the Calhoun County Fairgrounds, to ...

The Amish community comes together for a variety of reasons, but none of them provide such a picture perfect opportunity like an old-fashioned barn raising. By the end of the day on Wednesday, Aug. 29 ...

You put a group of people together and give them a common goal and magic can happen. Even if that magic, in this case, is just building a barn. It’s hypnotic to see the organization in this, like ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. MASON CITY — A "monument to agriculture,” in danger of falling apart and disappearing forever, is being ...

The owners of the Amish Barn say the store’s handcrafted solid wood furniture, built by the Amish, are heirlooms of today for people to hand down tomorrow. Located in Old Town Spring, Amish Barn’s ...

John Ebersole’s workshop, deep in the countryside of Christiana, smells of wood warmed by late-morning winter sunlight. It’s not a large space. Three visitors, plus Ebersole, are enough to make it a ...