New York, Ukraine, is once again known as New York, Ukraine. The town of Novhorodske was founded in 1889 by Mennonites under the name New York as part of an expansion of the Chortitza Mennonite colony.
New York, Ukraine, is once again known as New York, Ukraine. The town of Novhorodske was founded in 1889 by Mennonites under the name New York as part of an expansion of the Chortitza Mennonite colony.
After a July 10 accident that killed two brothers on their family farm in northwest Arkansas, Mennonite Disaster Service extended condolences and prayers to the MDS Search and Rescue Team, which responded on the scene in their own close-knit community.
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with an Amish community in Minnesota when it ruled July 2 that a county mandate requiring septic systems to treat wastewater violated the group’s religious beliefs.
A man who led authorities to the remains of a young Amish woman in Pennsylvania pleaded guilty July 23 to kidnapping and killing her.
