Pitcairn voters will choose council member for three 4-year terms and one 2-year term in November’s general election, and the candidates’ focus was largely on revitalizing the Turtle Creek Valley borough. Former councilman George Burkhardt, 66, will go up against a fellow Democrat in William Kornrumph, who earned a spot
Margaret “Betsy” Stevick’s phone never seems to stop ringing.
And the octogenarian mayor of Pitcairn never seems to stop moving.
At 81, she’s running for reelection to another four-year term in the May 18 primary.
Her opponent in the Democratic primary is 20-year-old Mika Petrosky, who also grew up in Pitcairn. Petrosky is an IT technician, professional event photographer and third-year psychology student at CCAC Boyce. If Petrosky wins, she will be the youngest mayor in Pennsylvania.
“There were just some things throughout the town that I saw and thought that if no one else was going to step up to change them that I could,” said Petrosky, explaining why she decided to run for mayor at an age when many are still deciding what direction their life should take.