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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Members passed a resolution supporting a Pennsylvania House bill to legalize marijuana and Gov. Josh Shapiro's proposed budget, which projects millions in taxes from the move. Two former cops on council voted against the measure. -
The Da Vinci Science Center and Friends of the Allentown Parks are partnering to make science more accessible to Allentown kids and open their eyes to what's around them.
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Lehigh Valley Pound 4 Pound Boxing founder Paul Pinnock said he promised kids he would find a better place for them to train amid "difficulties" with his current landlord.
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Tamir Johnson, 35, got out of his car and swung a bat, hitting the other driver’s door. That driver fired one shot that struck Johnson, authorities said.
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Lehigh County Redevelopment Authority is looking for a developer to lead the project to revitalize the Whitehall Township property.
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A 52-year-old Allentown man died July 4 after he was hit by a vehicle while riding a scooter near downtown. A 76-year-old man died about an hour before that crash from injuries he suffered in a collision that morning in Upper Macungie Township.
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A $300,000 grant from the city would “unlock” almost $1 million in other funding for the Downtown Allentown Alliance, according to one of the fledgling nonprofit's leaders.
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Witness said Jose Vladimir Jerez, 24, of Allentown, was driving erratically while trying to pass another car when he crashed his car into a utility pole in October. A 20-year-old passenger, Ezequiel Hernandez-Cartagena, died less than 90 minutes later.
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Allentown police can hand out tickets to anyone caught swimming in natural waterways in the city, Mayor Matt Tuerk said, urging residents not to let a $100 fine “ruin your summer.”
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The 15-person, all-male halfway house would be managed by Living in Victory and offer “probably the most structured” addiction-recovery program in the Lehigh Valley, according to the pastor behind the proposal.
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Mayor Matt Tuerk on Wednesday announced the launch of a citywide data strategy that he said will help officials address Allentown’s “wicked problems,” like homelessness, gun violence and poor air quality.
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The board’s unanimous vote brought an end to Monday's meeting just before it entered its fourth hour.
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Sealed bids of at least $500,000 must be submitted to the city's purchasing office by 2 p.m. March 28.
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Allentown received a $100,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to continue funding youth-led climate action projects this year.
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Residents at Wednesday night's park meeting called for better gateways into parks and routes between them to encourage their use.
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Mark Pinsley also plans to publish a series of “plain-language reports” about how billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to cut the federal government will affect local municipalities, services and programs.
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Patrick Palmer was less than two dozen votes short of winning one of four Democratic nominations for council in 2021.
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The federally funded Neighborhood Health Centers of the Lehigh Valley served about 10,000 people last year across its five locations across the region.
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Ben Stemrich announced his bid Friday, joining three other candidates — Jeremy Binder, Luis Acevedo and Cristian Pungo — in the contest for four open seats.
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Tracy Dechant, 42, the twins' mother, and Joshua Dechant, 36, their stepfather, were arrested Jan. 26, days after emaciated 15-year-old twin boys were found in their Lower Macungie Township home.
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Phil Armstrong highlighted a long list of accomplishments and laid out a few more plans for his last year in office Thursday night.
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Lehigh County relies on hundreds of millions in state and federal funding to provide services to residents. The fate of that funding is unclear as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk target federal funding.
