Worth Mentioning?

The Appalachian Trail serves as a location device for a small village in New York. At least in one reporter's mind.

The Times Herald-Record, which serves New York's Hudson Valley and the Catskills out of its home base in Middletown, has a 15 March 2007 article titled "Unionville neighbors wage neighborly mayoral contest" in which reporter Simon Shifrin writes, "Well, it's hard to run a cut-throat campaign in this village of 600 along the Appalachian Trail, where all residents can call each other neighbor. The last time Unionville even had a contested race was 14 years ago."

S-o-o-o-o, when you get to Unionville, watch out for the friendly campaign signs?

Still, I find it interesting how the Trail can be used as a point of reference by different people for different reasons.