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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La Asociación Comunitaria de Midway Manor podría perder su principal fuente de ingresos si el Distrito Escolar de Allentown amplía aulas modulares en academia del East Side. -
Comisión de Planificación de Allentown aprobó el año anterior ocho proyectos que sumarían más de 850 viviendas en la ciudad.
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The Allentown planning commission last year approved eight projects that are projected to bring more than 850 housing units to the city.
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The Midway Manor Community Association could lose access to its lifeblood if Allentown School District adds more modular classrooms at an East Side academy.
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The Central Park Apartments property borders a massive redevelopment project that's set to transform the former Allentown State Hospital property.
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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.
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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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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 City Council agreed to raise parking fines next month if the parking authority's board agreed to those initiatives.
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Allentown City Council members are preparing for potential litigation against the mayor for putting "roadblocks" in the way of an investigation into allegations of workplace discrimination and racism.
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Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley held its inaugural State of PNLV address on Tuesday at the Renaissance Hotel in Allentown.
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A developer had little trouble earning Allentown zoning officials’ support Monday night after scaling back a proposal to convert offices to housing units.
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Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk on Monday night slammed some council members' "efforts to smear me and this administration" with a long-awaited investigation at City Hall.
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Kareem Ali Greene, 40, served more than a decade in state prison after pleading guilty to a March 2007 armed robbery in South Allentown, court records show.
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Two council members hit back at the mayor Tuesday, saying they have no concerns about the process that led them to hire a former FBI agent to investigate allegations of workplace discrimination and racism.
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Allentown's mayor on Monday listed more than a dozen concerns about the contract in a three-page memo to council. City council voted to hire an investigator for claims of discrimination and racism by and against city employees.
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Allentown police are investigating after a boy was injured by a stray bullet Thursday.
