Candidates emerge for town election in Amherst

AMHERST — A mix of incumbents and newcomers are taking out nomination forms to run for office at the November election, where all 13 seats on the Town Council, five seats on the School Committee and six library trustees positions will be decided.

A week after nomination forms for the Nov. 4 election became available at the town clerk’s office, and as of Tuesday, eight residents have pulled papers to run for Town Council, which has three at-large seats as well as two seats in each of five districts.

For councilor-at-large, incumbent Mandi Jo Hanneke of Foxglove Lane, has gotten nomination papers. Also getting papers are current District 2 Councilor Lynn Griesemer, of Flat Hills Road, Andy Churchill, of Pomeroy Lane, who chaired the Charter Review Committee and previously served on the School Committee, and Dillon Maxfield, of North Pleasant Street, who ran for a council seat seven years ago and has been on the town’s Board of License Commissioners.

At-Large Councilor Andy Steinberg on Thursday announced, in a piece posted on The Amherst Current website, that he would not be running for reelection after serving since the inaugural council was seated in 2018. Before that, Steinberg was a member of the town’s Select Board.




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