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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Council approved Bill 10 — a measure that hires Philadelphia-based Duane Morris LLC and repeals the June 2024 legislation that hired former FBI agent Scott Curtis — by a 4-3 vote. -
Brenda Rodriguez, 51, of Palmerton is charged with criminal solicitation/criminal homicide and conspiracy-aggravated assault in the shooting death of her husband, Hector Manuel Garcia Gomez, 46, of Palmerton on Dec. 7.
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Nassim Younes suffered a traumatic brain injury in the accident Jan. 4, 2002, according to the coroner, who ruled his death an accident.
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Authorities applied for the warrant after the employee declined to provide a voluntary DNA sample Jan. 14 during an interview with an FBI agent, according to court documents.
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Mayor Matt Tuerk delivered his 2025 State of the City address Monday to hundreds of business and nonprofit leaders at the Da Vinci Science Center.
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"Scheduling conflicts” with some of the announced panelists forced the commission to reschedule the event, an official said.
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Evan Weaver and Jason Krasley were in Lehigh County Court, where their lawyers argued Thursday against Lehigh County prosecutors' motion to revoke their bail.
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Cortex Residential is planning to build a three-story affordable housing complex with 38 apartments on South Eighth Street in Allentown.
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The “No Hate in Our State” town hall, organized by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, is scheduled for noon Saturday at POWER Interfaith, 620 Hamilton St.
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Allentown City Council unanimously voted last week to add Juneteenth — celebrated on June 19 — to the city's list of paid holidays for full-time non-bargaining employees.
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The Allentown City Council voted 4-2 Thursday against a pilot program to dispatch EMTs and mental health professionals to some 911 calls. That sends the proposal to voters.
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Jason Zulli, a professor at Northampton Area Community College, said he hopes his mural outside People First will help “bring the community together.”
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Several dozen people stood outside City Hall on Wednesday to watch a flag-raising ceremony and a rendition of the national anthem before Mayor Matt Tuerk ushered the crowd inside.
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Supporters detailed the merits of the program Tuesday ahead of the council’s imminent deadline to vote on the proposal.
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A developer is proposing to build a four-story complex with more than 50 affordable housing units next to Life Church in Allentown.
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A developer is seeking approval for an 868-unit self-storage facility on Hanover Avenue on Allentown's East Side, but the official notice for a zoning hearing advertised 749 units.
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The Lehigh County Office of the Public Defender is set to host its fifth “Community Outreach Day” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the parking garage at Seventh and Walnut streets.
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PPL announced Thursday it plans to move its longtime headquarters this fall to Two City Center, at Seventh and Hamilton streets.
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Officials postponed two Allentown City Council meetings until June 13 with the region under a “code red” air quality alert Wednesday.
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The Sixth Street Shelter has helped thousands of people get back on their feet since opening in 1984, according to the organization’s leader.
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Thousands of residents signed petitions in support of the measure, which Allentown Police Chief Charles Roca labeled as “defund-the-police rhetoric.”
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Those 180 units would be split evenly across four large buildings, according to the developer’s initial plans.
