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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. ....