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 Police Department is no stranger to excessive-force lawsuits, with the city paying out millions to settle them over the past decade. -
The Hamilton Street Fire Fund will offer “rapid financial support” to almost two dozen people, including several children, whose homes were damaged or destroyed Monday in a fire.
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Allentown City Council is scheduled to hold several committee meetings July 17 and will be dealing with the appointment of five new police officers, two six-figure budgetary transfers, and a potential ballot question in November.
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Open houses are scheduled for Tuesday at the East Side Youth Center; Wednesday at Fearless Fire Company; and Thursday at Theatre514. Each starts at 6 p.m.
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Ismael Segarra is accused of pointing a loaded shotgun at his wife and pulling the trigger. Police said the gun jammed.
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More than two dozen dinosaurs are on display at the Allentown Fairgrounds Agri-Plex through Sunday night.
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Allentown police launched their investigation after an officer found her car in a different spot than where she parked it.
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Allentown's Historical Architectural Review Board recommended the demolition of a 100-plus-year-old home on North Seventh Street that holds "little historic significance."
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Two votes last week — by Allentown City Council and the U.S. Supreme Court — made it a difficult one for advocates for homeless people in Allentown.
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Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan released body-camera footage Friday from a June 22 arrest that led to claims of excessive force by Allentown cops.
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Allentown police shot and killed 27-year-old Dominick Hogans on Monday. It was the third time police opened fire in the city this year.
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Officers shot and killed a 27-year-old Allentown man after he shot at them early Monday morning, according to Assistant Chief Michael Becker.
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City Center has been working for months to get all the approvals it needs to put up a digital marquee sign at its proposed 1,800-person music venue.
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A developer is set to get $2 million of Allentown's pandemic-relief money to support an affordable housing project in the city.
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Two council members called their salaries "embarrassing" as they approved ballot questions that could more than double their pay.
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The virtual town hall will be streamed on Zoom at 7 p.m. Thursday. Lehigh Valley Stands Up is planning to host an in-person watch party.
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The Lehigh County coroner has identified a man who suffered “head and traumatic injuries” before he died Sunday in Allentown.
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Blackstone Structures plans to knock down the building to make room for a mixed-use development in the 900 block of West Hamilton Street.
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Developer Don Wenner plans to put 118 apartments into an eight-story Allentown office building, which he says “is really well-positioned to be a huge part of the downtown district.”
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“We want to go back to Harrisburg and figure out how we can support programs like this, and how we can spread them to other parts of the state,” Lt. Gov. Austin Davis said Friday at Promise Neighborhood’s Allentown office.
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The project’s manager expects the new road and trails will be ready in the summer of 2029, just ahead of a deadline imposed by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Ascot Circle Realty is planning a 33-story building that would loom over the 24-story PPL Tower several blocks away. It could be filled with apartments.
