Ryan Gaylor
Northampton County reporterI’m LehighValleyNews.com’s Northampton County reporter. Before moving to Easton in September of 2022, I reported on state government and hosted All Things Considered for KGOU, Oklahoma City’s NPR station.
In 2021, I graduated from the University of Oklahoma with dual degrees in dramaturgy and journalism. Outside of the newsroom, I love listening to podcasts, bothering my dog, seeing theatre, and helping my friends write plays. Contact me at RyanG@lehighvalleynews.com or 610-984-8208.
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Bethlehem City Councilwoman Rachel Leon was appointed to the city's housing authority, ending a multi-meeting debate over whether serving on both bodies amounts to a conflict of interest. -
A ballot question in Chapman Borough will ask voters whether its seven-member borough council should shrink to three members. Council members said they cannot find enough people willing to serve in municipal government.
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Central Moravian Church hosted a joint service Sunday with congregations based at three other historic Moravian settlements that recently became the first joint UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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An ArtsQuest cultural center to replace the organization's Banana Factory complex will cost roughly $6 million more than originally budgeted, officials told a Northampton County Council committee Thursday.
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In a hearing in Bethlehem Wednesday, officials responsible for oversight of Wind Creek said they didn't know of any reason the casino shouldn't be allowed to operate for another five years. Casino officials also share plans for capital spending, including new restaurants and a site plan in progress for the former Bethlehem Steel works.
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A group of Democratic Gen Z activists visited Rep. Susan Wild's campaign office Sunday to rally support among young voters. It's an easier lift with Vice President Kamala Harris atop the ticket, they said.
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A fire in the 400 block of N 16th St. in Allentown left five homes damaged and as many as 30 people displaced on Sunday.
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Lehigh Valley International Airport officials cut the ribbon Thursday on a new restaurant. Two more new eateries will open there later this year.
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Whitehall-Coplay School District invited the community into the newly completed Gockley Elementary School on Sunday with an open house.
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Northampton County Council voted down a resolution Thursday that endorsed the idea of free and fair elections but did not affect county operations. Some members have grown frustrated with such messaging legislation in recent weeks.
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Northampton County and its conservation district appear poised to split after a County Council committee meeting Wednesday showed deep distrust between them
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A second Raising Cane's restaurant, proposed for Hanover Township in Lehigh County, received its first approval from municipal planners Tuesday. It joins another Cane's proposed for Lower Macungie Twp. last month.
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The Berks Fiddle Festival, an annual celebration of folk music, held its 40th anniversary edition at Bear Creek Mountain Resort on Sunday. "It's the music that's in my heart," said one festival-goer.
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A new mural at Lehigh Valley International Airport, unveiled Tuesday, greets passengers in the tunnel from the terminal to the parking lot.
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Northampton County Council rejected amendments to county 'responsible contracting' rules Thursday, blocking a bid to make county construction contracts more friendly to non-union firms
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Parents accused of medical child abuse, formerly known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, criticized the doctor they say is behind the false claims against them, and asked Northampton County to intervene.
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Volunteer pedestrians crossed Main Street in Northampton Borough over and over Wednesday afternoon as local police watched to catch drivers failing to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk.
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After a vote by the Bethlehem Twp. Board of Commissioners Tuesday night, developers behind a parking lot for Amazon's delivery vans have another year to meet conditions of the project's approval.
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WLVR's Ryan Gaylor talks with reporters Molly Bilinski and Olivia Marble.
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The annual festival is a way to share Dominican culture, food and music, and to celebrate Allentown's large and growing Dominican community.
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Emmanuel United Church of Christ will soon become 12 "deeply affordable" apartments, built inside of the building's sanctuary by nonprofit Ripple Community Inc.
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Northampton Co. officials want more transit funding. Transportation planners say it's hard to changeThe next long-term plan for the Lehigh Valley's transportation projects gives more funding to Lehigh County's projects than Northampton's. Northampton County officials say it's unfair, and will be for decades to come.
