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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D&D Realty plans to buy the PPL Tower in January if Allentown zoning officials approve its housing-conversion plans next month. -
A sale is scheduled to close in the coming months to Wilkes-Barre-based D&D Realty Group, which has plans for the holiday lights to continue, albeit in a new fashion.
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Five public meetings are scheduled over the next seven months mapping out the future of Allentown's parks and recreational facilities.
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That endowment will help improve parks across the city by providing long-term funding for the Parknership’s work.
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Councilman Ed Zucal is set to be the first person to announce a challenge to Mayor Matt Tuerk's re-election bid.
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Allentown City Council on Wednesday night authorized Mayor Matt Tuerk to submit three million-dollar grant applications and two smaller requests for financial support.
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The referendum's wording was far from straightforward and caused confusion for many voters.
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Former New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu, a co-chair of the Harris-Walz campaign, says a comedian's comments at a Donald Trump rally in New York City was a turning point in the 2024 presidential campaign.
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Simply put, a yes vote is a vote to let council raise the deed transfer tax. A no vote would keep the city's cap in place.
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Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is making a final push to rally supporters and win votes in Allentown after former President Donald Trump rolled through the city this week.
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President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie visited Mack Trucks' plant in Lower Macungie Township on Tuesday.
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City Council last week approved Bill 20, closing a gap in Allentown's zoning code to set specific standards on data centers.
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La política establece las obligaciones y responsabilidades de los empleados al tratar con autoridades federales de inmigración, dijo el martes Josh Siegel.
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The policy lays employees’ “obligations and responsibilities” when interacting with federal immigration authorities, Executive Josh Siegel said Tuesday.
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The first-term senator laid out his opposition to data centers and answered some of the “almost 100 questions” he said he received during a virtual town hall Wednesday night.
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The applicant requested the meeting be postponed, according to city officials.
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Los centros de datos dominaron más de tres horas de debate antes de que el Concejo Municipal de Allentown aplazara la votación sobre nuevas regulaciones.
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Data centers dominated discussion for more than three hours as Allentown City Council held a public hearing on proposed regulations before voting hours later to table them.
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La persona designada ocupará el cargo por cerca de un año y medio, hasta la próxima elección municipal, según establece el código de Allentown.
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Whoever is appointed would hold office for about a year and a half, as Allentown’s code stipulates an interim controller serves until the next municipal election.
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Proposed regulations on data center are set to come too late to affect a proposed "hyperscale" facility in South Allentown.
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Homefield advantage weighed heavy as Pinsley won Democratic primary for state Senate's 16th DistrictLehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley and Bradley Merkl-Gump, a school board director in Bucks County, swept their home counties, according to unofficial precinct-level results.
