Amherst residents will get to vote on $11M bond to build community theater

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Residents of Amherst will have the opportunity to vote on whether the town board should borrow $11 million to build a community theater in its Central Park.

A special election will be scheduled for late July or early August after a group of Amherst residents turned in more than 4,300 valid signatures to the town clerk last Wednesday. 262 were deemed invalid, according to Amherst Town Clerk Fran Spoth.

The Erie County Board of Elections validated the...