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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After his ousting in August 2023, Nadeem Shahzad pledged to sue the city for terminating him without cause. -
The Allentown Zoning Hearing Board on Monday night approved Ryan Abdouche’s plans to convert a vacant warehouse in the 1900 block of South Fifth Street into a dozen apartments.
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The expanded facility will offer students a place to collaborate and “make critical connections to the world,” according to college President Kathleen Harring, who called it “the physical embodiment of our values.”
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Mayor Matt Tuerk last week said the camp along Jordan Creek would be next to be shut down by the city.
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“We delivered a balanced budget to you,” Mayor Matt Tuerk told council members Wednesday. “We’re going to live within our means.”
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Mayor Matt Tuerk laid out his goals for a second term, while Ed Zucal urged voters to give him an upset victory at a candidates forum at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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Dozens of students from Ritter Elementary helped with a "push-in" ceremony for a new Allentown fire truck on Monday morning.
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Jeani Garcia, who took the helm at Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley this year, was recently named to serve on the executive committee for the state’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
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Former Allentown police officer Jason Krasley was charged with stealing more than $5,000 in May 2019 as he and other Vice and Intelligence Unit officers searched a barbershop. Separately, Krasley still faces several other charges, including rape, sexual assault and prostitution.
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Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk is seeking a 3.96% property-tax increase in next year's budget. He presented his plan Thursday.
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Allentown City Council approved a 10-year lease that will see the college pay $15,000 in rent each year and invest up to $4 million in the stadium.
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The city plans to extend two plazas at the city's busiest intersection by the end of next year.
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A broken heating system at the Allentown Police Department's 60-year-old headquarters is just one of many reasons the city should push for a new station, according to a six-month feasibility study.
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Hundreds gathered Tuesday night in Dieruff’s cafeteria for a community forum on the proposal to overhaul Andre Reed Park in Allentown's East Side.
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More than two dozen residents waited hours Monday to speak out against “medical respite rooms” that were described as a temporary shelter by a zoning advertisement. But they never got the chance.
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La Mega Radio, an Allentown-based station, is scheduled to host its Tuesday morning show at the White House.
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The city could then use its general revenues to support local projects without federal oversight, according to an official.
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Allentown inspectors shut down the complex in early December after finding unregistered units and fire hazards.
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City officials are eyeing a more robust program in the wake of an Allentown business complex being deemed "an immediate risk to human life" after unannounced inspections.
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Allentown School District directors approved a resolution to fire Cheryl Clark, who led William Allen High School for less than a year.
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An Allentown auto dealer will be installing several charging stations for electric vehicles on its property at 2405 Lehigh St.
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Allentown hired a new human resources director in June 2023, but he lasted less than two months in the job. Mayor Tuerk’s executive assistant is now set to run the department on an interim basis.
