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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Incidents in the dashboard date only to the start of 2024, which Mayor Matt Tuerk and Police Chief Charles Roca have touted as having historically low crime and homicide rates. -
The executive order, signed after a brief news conference at Bridgeside Estates, appears to be the first issued by an Allentown mayor in at least a decade.
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The new plan for the property calls for a building that's a story shorter but has about 25 more apartments.
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The expanded police department’s finish will set in motion another project in downtown Allentown.
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Matt Tuerk on Monday hit out at Ed Zucal for new campaign mailers and actively courting Republican support in the final weeks of his campaign.
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A candidate needs just 100 valid write-in votes to win a party’s nomination for city mayor, according to Pennsylvania election regulations.
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More than $100,000 in upgrades were poured into Bucky Boyle Park in what Mayor Matt Tuerk said was just the “first phase” of a larger revamp.
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Christian Lopez-Rodriguez, 21, of Allentown, died Oct. 17, 2020, shortly after he was shot during a robbery on the Hamilton Street bridge, according to authorities.
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Safety improvements would be focused along Hamilton and Tilghman streets, two of the city's most dangerous roadways.
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Ro Khanna's town hall is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. May 17 in the Americus Hotel in downtown Allentown.
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Jason Krasley also is due to stand trial on numerous charges stemming from alleged sexual assaults in 2011 and 2015 when he served on the city’s Vice and Intelligence Unit.
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Officials will compare data they collect from the temporary devices against previously collected traffic data “to see if they’re actually effective,” according to Public Works Director Mark Shahda.
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Allentown City Council unanimously approved a measure that replaces the city's discrimination and human relations commission ordinance first enacted in 1963 and amended several times since.
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Allentown's Central Fire Station was built a century ago to be a car dealership. Its aging condition is causing serious issues for firefighters who work there, according to Fire Chief Efrain Agosto.
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LaTarsha Brown is accused of falsely reporting that she found a noose Jan. 10 on her desk in the city’s Department of Community and Economic Development.
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City Center executives on Monday night presented scaled-back plans to revitalize the former Merchants National Bank at the southwest corner of Seventh and Hamilton streets.
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Umran Global Investment wants to put up a 37-story tower at 90 S. 9th St. after buying the property in 2023 from developer Bruce Loch's Ascot Circle Realty.
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The anonymous questionnaire focuses on opioids and illicit substances. Officials say it builds on the Allentown Health Bureau’s other work to address the ongoing opioid crisis.
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Fewer people voted in this year's primaries than four years ago, when most of the same local offices were up for grabs. But Mayor Matt Tuerk found much support in his second campaign.
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Top-prize-winning projects include plans for an outdoor classroom at Trexler Middle School, several garden spaces and a free bike tune-up day.
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Councilman Ed Zucal earned almost 500 write-in votes from Allentown Republicans, plenty to win the party’s nomination for mayor.
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Nonprofit officials and supporters paid tribute to local firefighters and staff members and celebrated hitting the halfway mark in the “Rising from the Ashes” capital campaign to raise $100,000 to refurnish its space after a July 2024 fire.
