TUESDAY March 23rd will be the Amherst town election.  Just 17 days away.

In addition to voting on the Proposition 2 1/2 Override, there are candidates running for many town offices.  There are several ways of learning more about the candidates.

Monday 3/8 7pm - ACTV's Student News and ARHS's student newspaper The Graphic are sponsoring the first-ever televised "Amherst School Committee Candidates Debate on Youth Issues" to be filmed on March 4th at 7:30pm at ACTV, and to be aired on ACTV Channel 12 at 7pm on March 8th.

Thursday 3/11 Noon - 1pm @ ARMS - The Family-School Parntership is hosting a Meet The School Committee Candidates Brown Bag Lunch at ARMS.

Thursday 3/11 7-9pm - League of Women Voters host the candidates for all town offices at ARMS.

Here is a list of candidates and issues:

Proposition 2 1/2 Override:

YES - http://voteyesforamherst.org
NO - http://nomoreoverrides.com

Amherst Select Board:
Alisa V. Brewer
James J. Wald

Amherst School Committee:
Kathleen Dequence Anderson
Ernest J. Dalkas
Richard Blake Hood
Vincent J. O'Connor
Robert A. Spence

Jones Library Trustee:
Emily G. Lewis
Kathleen Wang

Town Meeting Moderator: Harrison L. Gregg

Oliver Smith Will Elector: John W. Coull

All 10 precincts will be electing at least 8 Town Meeting Members to 3 year terms as well.