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AMHERST — A weekend repair of a sewer break on South Whitney Street by the Department of Public Works, with crews spending their Saturday night and part of Mother’s Day on scene, is drawing praise from Town Manager Paul Bockelman.“I admired the work...
AMHERST — A weekend repair of a sewer break on South Whitney Street by the Department of Public Works, with crews spending their Saturday night and part of Mother’s Day on scene, is drawing praise from Town Manager Paul Bockelman.“I admired the work...
AMHERST — Sometime next year the town’s charter, adopted by voters in 2018 and putting in place a 13-member Town Council to replace the 240-member Town Meeting and five-member Select Board, will be under review by a special committee.To begin...
AMHERST — Sometime next year the town’s charter, adopted by voters in 2018 and putting in place a 13-member Town Council to replace the 240-member Town Meeting and five-member Select Board, will be under review by a special committee.To begin...
The pocket veto is an unintended loophole of charter language that allows the mayor to indefinitely postpone legislation, effectively killing it without any discussion.