Jason Addy
Allentown Area reporterI cover Allentown and have worked for news outlets in Pennsylvania, Chicago and Minneapolis since graduating from Penn State. It’s great to be much closer to home — I was born and raised in Lehighton — and I’m excited to help share Allentown’s stories. If you've got an idea, I want to hear it. You can reach me any time at jasona@lehighvalleynews.com.
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Weeks of below-freezing temperatures made the snowstorm much harder to manage, Mayor Matt Tuerk said, highlighting the uncommon sight of a frozen-over Lehigh River. -
The display lines one wall of the Government Center's ground-floor lobby, welcoming all who enter for the rest of February for Black History Month.
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The forum is set to start at 6 p.m. Monday at Resurrected Life Church in Center City Allentown.
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La Asociación Comunitaria de Midway Manor podría perder su principal fuente de ingresos si el Distrito Escolar de Allentown amplía aulas modulares en academia del East Side.
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Comisión de Planificación de Allentown aprobó el año anterior ocho proyectos que sumarían más de 850 viviendas en la ciudad.
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The Allentown planning commission last year approved eight projects that are projected to bring more than 850 housing units to the city.
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The Midway Manor Community Association could lose access to its lifeblood if Allentown School District adds more modular classrooms at an East Side academy.
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The Central Park Apartments property borders a massive redevelopment project that's set to transform the former Allentown State Hospital property.
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Officials signed off on plans that call for 73 condominiums — 15 one-bedroom units, 36 two-bedroom units and 22 three-bedroom units — and about 2,500 square feet of commercial space.
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La Autoridad de Desarrollo de la Zona de Mejora Vecinal de Allentown supo el miércoles por la noche que no prosperaron los planes para cambiar los límites del distrito fiscal.
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The Lehigh County District Attorney's Office on Friday announced charges against two unnamed juveniles in connection with the inferno that started Wednesday night.
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More than two dozen people were displaced as the six-alarm blaze damaged seven rowhomes. But those numbers could've been much higher without crucial aid from other agencies, officials said.
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Emergency radio dispatches indicated the fire had escalated to a sixth alarm by shortly before 10 p.m., less than 90 minutes after it was first reported.
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President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie visited Mack Trucks' plant in Lower Macungie Township on Tuesday.
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City Council last week approved Bill 20, closing a gap in Allentown's zoning code to set specific standards on data centers.
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La política establece las obligaciones y responsabilidades de los empleados al tratar con autoridades federales de inmigración, dijo el martes Josh Siegel.
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The policy lays employees’ “obligations and responsibilities” when interacting with federal immigration authorities, Executive Josh Siegel said Tuesday.
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The first-term senator laid out his opposition to data centers and answered some of the “almost 100 questions” he said he received during a virtual town hall Wednesday night.
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The applicant requested the meeting be postponed, according to city officials.
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Los centros de datos dominaron más de tres horas de debate antes de que el Concejo Municipal de Allentown aplazara la votación sobre nuevas regulaciones.
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Data centers dominated discussion for more than three hours as Allentown City Council held a public hearing on proposed regulations before voting hours later to table them.
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La persona designada ocupará el cargo por cerca de un año y medio, hasta la próxima elección municipal, según establece el código de Allentown.
