Wamsley said she wanted to accomplish her goal of swimming across the channel by the time she turned 50 years old. “She turned 50 during her epic swim,” the village said.

Amy Smith Wamsley, who has served as co-president of the local public education advocacy group WNC for Public Education, filed for the seat currently held by Dusty Pless.

Amy Wamsley is preparing to swim across the English Channel, and she’s doing it right before her 50th birthday. “When I was 12 years old, I decided I was going to swim […] ...