Amherst is changing its style of government.
Following an election vote on Tuesday, the town will replace its current 240-member town meeting council and five-member select board with a 13-member town council.
Those in favor of the charter change said Amherst would benefit from a full-time government body, but opponents claimed the town meeting style was more democratic.
About a third of all voters in the community cast ballots.
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