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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Council member Ce-Ce Gerlach raised questions about how much — or how little — of the new contract will be paid directly to workers. -
“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.
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Hace 20 años que el alcalde y el Concejo de Allentown no aprueban un aumento de impuestos.
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It's been 20 years since Allentown's mayor and council have agreed on a tax increase.
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Un pequeño grupo se sumó esta semana al creciente número de personas desalojadas de campamentos en Allentown, en plena Semana Nacional de Concientización sobre el Hambre y las Personas sin Hogar.
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A small group this week joined the growing number of people evicted from homeless camps in Allentown in recent months — amid National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.
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District officials plan to issue bonds to pay for the project, which could slightly increase property taxes.
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El plan Safe Streets for All señala que el doble sentido reduce la velocidad, mejora la movilidad y aumenta el flujo peatonal y la visibilidad comercial.
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Two-way traffic slows down traffic, improves mobility for drivers and cyclists, and helps boost foot traffic and visibility for businesses, according to the city's Safe Streets for All plan.
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El concejal Santo Napoli propone subir medio punto el impuesto de transferencia en Allentown, duplicando los ingresos municipales.
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Councilman Santo Napoli is proposing — and five of his six colleagues are co-sponsoring — a measure that would raise the city’s deed-transfer tax by half a percentage point, doubling its revenues.
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El plan preliminar surge de una serie de reuniones públicas de amplia participación realizadas durante el último año.
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Cuadrillas de Allentown limpiarán otro campamento la próxima semana tras concluir labores en Jordan Creek, entre Union y Hamilton Street.
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The draft plan is the product of a series of well-attended public-input meetings over the past year.
