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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Officials signed off on plans that call for 73 condominiums — 15 one-bedroom units, 36 two-bedroom units and 22 three-bedroom units — and about 2,500 square feet of commercial space. -
La Autoridad de Desarrollo de la Zona de Mejora Vecinal de Allentown supo el miércoles por la noche que no prosperaron los planes para cambiar los límites del distrito fiscal.
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The Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority learned Wednesday night that plans that would have changed the taxing district's borders did not pan out.
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Las autoridades buscan un desarrollador para construir un espacio de uso mixto en una propiedad con un gran estacionamiento y un 7-Eleven construido hace casi medio siglo.
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Officials are looking to secure a developer to build a mixed-use space at a property that features a large parking lot and a 7-Eleven built almost a half-century ago.
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The Lilly lab gives the school its second major corporate training partnership; LCCC is one of four centers in the U.S. that trains people to work in Amazon’s advanced manufacturing facilities.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro billed the agreement as the largest-ever investment by a pharmaceutical company in Pennsylvania history and the “largest-ever investment in the Lehigh Valley.”
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New Allentown City Councilman Jeremy Binder this month introduced legislation that he said he hopes will bring "clarity" when future budget battles erupt.
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Los asistentes cenaron el martes en el United Steelworkers Union Hall de Bethlehem antes de que cinco mujeres analizaran el alza en los costos de vivienda, alimentos, salud y otras necesidades.
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Guests enjoyed dinner Tuesday night at Bethlehem's United Steelworkers Union Hall before a panel of five women tried to make sense of rising costs for housing, groceries, healthcare and other essential needs.
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Dozens of job hunters dropped by CareerLink's Allentown facility as the science center looks to double its staff.
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A proposal to convert a four-story industrial building into dozens of apartments fell flat Monday when the Allentown Zoning Hearing Board wouldn't provide relief from parking requirements.
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Council member Ce-Ce Gerlach raised questions about how much — or how little — of the new contract will be paid directly to workers.
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“The entire region is dependent upon the success of Hamilton Street in Allentown, of Main Street in Bethlehem and Centre Square in Easton,” Mayor Matt Tuerk said.
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PPL said Wednesday it has hundreds of workers “ready to work around the clock to help get customers back online as safely and efficiently as we can." There were thousands in the dark early Thursday.
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Da Vinci Science Center’s facility at Cedar Crest College will be open through April 1, with the downtown center to open in May.
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A Schuylkill County actors guild said the Diocese of Allentown threatened to take legal action against it if performers held a Disney-themed drag show at one of its former properties.
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After another failed bid to open in Allentown, the Lehigh Valley STEAM Academy Charter School is seeking approval Monday night from school boards in Bethlehem and Whitehall, but it's not looking good.
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Council members will work to award a contract for the City Hall probe without help from Allentown officials.
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More than a dozen people pushed council to act, arguing the Israel-Hamas war is a local issue because Allentown taxpayer dollars are helping to fund Israel's military operations.
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Science center officials are not offering tours to many, but they threw open the Da Vinci Center’s doors Tuesday for school district officials — and LehighValleyNews.com.
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PPL has moved into Two City Center at Seventh and Hamilton streets, and the building will soon change the Truist sign to a PPL sign.
