Amherst Town Election Slated For March 13

AMHERST, NH — Voters in Amherst will be going to the polls on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, to decide budgets and who will lead the town’s boards. Polls will be open in town from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Souhegan High School. For fiscal year 2019, voters will consider a proposal to raise the town’s budget to just shy of $13.9 million.

If that budget is rejected, a default budget for $13.5 million will be approved.

This year, there is a competitive Board of Selectmen’s race with three candidates seeking two seats with John D’Angelo challenging incumbents Mike Akillian and Reed Panasiti. All other town races are uncontested.

SAU 39, Amherst’s school district, is requesting voters approved a nearly $26.3 million budget for FY19. If the budget is not approved, a $25.8 million budget will be the default amount spent.

Two candidates – Casey Loose and Kevin Shea – are seeking a single, three-year seat on the school board.

Read more about the school budget here.

Here is a sample town ballot in PDF.

Here is a link to all of the warrant articles on the ballot.

Here is a link to the Deliberative Session earlier this year explaining the town’s budget and warrant articles.

Image via Shutterstock by Damir Sencar.