Was Hiker, Now Mayor

The 30 May 2007 issue of the Frederick (MD) News Post has a profile of incoming Burkittsville mayor Debby Burgoyne in it, that was written by Karen Gardner and is headlined 'Nowhere to grow, and she likes it."

It opens with the words

"Debby Burgoyne discovered Burkittsville as a college student while backpacking on the nearby Appalachian Trail."

Then, later, it mentions that

"Burkittsville sits at the base of South Mountain and is a mile from the Appalachian Trail. Burgoyne, who has multiple sclerosis, still takes walks on the Appalachian Trail whenever she feels up to it and rides her mountain bike on the C&O Canal."

You never know where that Trail can take you in the end.