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Category: Built Environment

Roads, Sidewalks, Public Buildings and Infrastructure

April 17, 2026 The Amherst Current

Two Can Live Cheaper Than One

April 8, 2026 The Amherst Current

DPW Workers Enter 10th Month Without Contract; Push To Move Them Out of Dilapidated HQ Gains Momentum

School Building Construction
October 11, 2025October 10, 2025 The Amherst Current

Construction Progress: A Photo Gallery

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 The Amherst Current

Downtown Amherst’s Back Buildings 

Elementary school construction
July 24, 2025July 23, 2025 The Amherst Current

Construction Progress on ARHS Track & Field and Elementary School Building

April 29, 2025April 29, 2025 The Amherst Current

Jones Library Building Project Moves Forward

February 26, 2025 The Amherst Current

Getting to Work on Potholes

December 6, 2024December 5, 2024 The Amherst Current

Fraud Claim Latest Tactic to Derail Jones Library Building Project

November 8, 2024 The Amherst Current

Analyzing the Urban Structure of Downtown Amherst

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024 The Amherst Current

Jones Library Building Project Bid Under Budget

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024 The Amherst Current

Locals Envision Downtown Amherst’s Future Streetscape & Development During Public Engagement Process

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 The Amherst Current

Keeping Up with The Jones: Historic Preservation Requirements

September 19, 2024September 24, 2024 The Amherst Current

More Things About Buildings and Roads

September 3, 2024September 3, 2024 The Amherst Current

Summer Summary: A Refresher Course

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 The Amherst Current

What’s really going on with the Jones Library project?

June 14, 2024June 13, 2024 The Amherst Current

Why the Jones Library Trustees Are Seeking to Rebid the Renovation and Expansion Project

June 7, 2024January 4, 2026 The Amherst Current

Reimagining Hampshire Mall

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 The Amherst Current

“Stay the Course” on Jones Library Project

May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 The Amherst Current

Keeping Up with the Jones: The Latest Curveball

April 28, 2024January 4, 2026 The Amherst Current

Jones Library Project On Hold After High Bid Received

March 26, 2024 The Amherst Current

Town Breaks Ground for New Elementary School Building

March 26, 2024January 4, 2026 The Amherst Current

Amherst Downtown Buildings: What Architecture Historians Think

February 20, 2024April 21, 2026 The Amherst Current

Elementary School Construction Work to Begin

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 The Amherst Current

Keeping Up With the Jones: Why We’re Building Together

November 30, 2023December 5, 2023 The Amherst Current

Fact Check: 2023 Jones Library Bond Authorization

November 13, 2023April 26, 2024 The Amherst Current

Keeping Up With the Jones

September 9, 2022November 12, 2023 Sarah Marshall

Dear Councilors: Don’t disempower voters!

June 13, 2022May 4, 2024 The Amherst Current

New 3-story elementary school to be built at Fort River site

June 8, 2022May 4, 2024 The Amherst Current

Let’s separate fact from fiction

May 23, 2022November 3, 2023 Sarah Marshall

When will my road be paved? And why is a bear on my deck?

May 12, 2022November 3, 2023 Sarah Marshall

Envisioning Amherst as a model of rural economic revival

May 6, 2022May 4, 2024 Sarah Marshall

Opportunities and challenges at the two elementary school building sites becoming clearer

April 11, 2022April 14, 2022 Sarah Marshall

Student housing and behavior: assessing problems and solutions

April 4, 2022November 3, 2023 Sarah Marshall

Net-zero energy schools are old news in Kentucky

March 31, 2022February 26, 2025 Sarah Marshall

‘Tis the season — for potholes

March 28, 2022November 3, 2023 Sarah Marshall

What’s up with . . . ?

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  1. robinjaffine80f072812's avatar
    Robin Jaffin on On Race and HousingMay 13, 2026

    I appreciate the urgency of this piece and agree that Amherst must take racial inequity in housing seriously. The disparities…

  2. Richard B. Morse's avatar
    Richard B. Morse on On Race and HousingMay 13, 2026

    Amherst Current hasn't always been the most daring of town websites, but I appreciate the skewering of hypocrisy that occurs…

  3. Matthew Blumenfeld's avatar
    Matthew Blumenfeld on The Hampshire Opportunity: How Can It Work for Amherst?May 11, 2026

    Thanks for writing this Bryan. I think you are spot on about this as reset opportunity. I believe that it…

  4. Jason Dorney's avatar
    Jason Dorney on The Hampshire Opportunity: How Can It Work for Amherst?May 8, 2026

    Well said Bryan! Whatever happens at Hampshire we must find ways to generate revenue. Personally, I believe that we must…

  5. David Farnham's avatar
    David Farnham on The Hampshire Opportunity: How Can It Work for Amherst?May 7, 2026

    I agree . The Town should zone this in a way that produces revenue to the Town. Hampshire could be…

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