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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The Allentown Parking Authority could buy the city's property at 10th and Hamilton streets before selling it in a package deal with its adjacent lot. -
The Allentown Police Department launched an anonymous survey Wednesday to gather feedback from residents and others about their performance.
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A City Council member raised concerns last month about how much workers earn through the Allentown Rescue Mission’s transitional employment program.
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Developer Abe Atiyeh had a rough 24 hours after Allentown zoning and planning officials denied two separate proposals for his property.
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A second zoning hearing on temporary recovery rooms at a planned Allentown apartment complex stretched late into the night Monday and ended much like the first — without a ruling.
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City Council ordered the parking authority to end 24/7 enforcement last April, which cut the agency's revenues by about $1 million by the end of the year.
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More than two dozen residents showed up at a zoning meeting last month to speak against Ripple's plans in Allentown to build so-called medical respite rooms, but none got the chance.
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Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk is now driving a 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E as his official vehicle, as the city looks to start a long-term transition to an electric fleet.
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Dozens of job hunters dropped by CareerLink's Allentown facility as the science center looks to double its staff.
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A proposal to convert a four-story industrial building into dozens of apartments fell flat Monday when the Allentown Zoning Hearing Board wouldn't provide relief from parking requirements.
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Sixth Street Shelter started providing services to unhoused people in 1984, with Thursday's block party doubling as a celebration of its four decades of work.
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Scott Curtis led the FBI's investigation into allegations of corruption against former Mayor Ed Pawlowski, who's serving a 15-year federal prison sentence.
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JET Upholstery plans to open a workshop on Third Street to support its Bedminster showroom.
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Scott Curtis was the FBI's lead investigator as it scrutinized allegations of corruption surrounding former Mayor Ed Pawlowski before he was hit with corruption-related charges in 2018.
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A GoFundMe raised thousands for The Neighborhood Center in Allentown, which also found help from Mark Jaindl of American Bank and Jaindl Properties.
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Rami Abouloh is set to be sentenced Aug. 13; first-degree-murder convictions in Pennsylvania carry a mandatory life sentence.
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Emergency crews worked for more than an hour Tuesday morning near Fourth and Hamilton streets to recover the body of a 60-year-old Allentown man.
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The bank is working to open a second Lehigh Valley location by the end of the year in Bethlehem's Westgate Mall.
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Allentown housing project another sign of Lehigh Valley's ‘remarkable transformation’: Biden adviserSenior presidential adviser Tom Perez visited an affordable housing project in Allentown on Wednesday before meeting with leaders of the city's Puerto Rican community downtown.
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That funding adds to a recent $984,000 contract for “citywide surveillance” and a $1.5 million program for gunshot-detection technology and license-plate readers.
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Allentown police, paramedics and firefighters recovered a body Tuesday near the Hamilton Street Bridge. The death “does not appear to be suspicious,” according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.
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More than $700,000 is on its way to support several projects in Allentown parks.
