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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Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk is seeking a 3.96% property-tax increase in next year's budget. He presented his plan Thursday. -
Council members Ce-Ce Gerlach and Natalie Santos want the city to adopt new policies that regulate how officials evict homeless residents from encampments.
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Authorities allege Adam Makowka, 28, of South Whitehall Township, fatally shot Jereka Battle in her Allentown apartment in July.
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City planning officials on Tuesday reviewed the "impending" sale of McKinley Elementary School, which opened in the 1880s.
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Christian Martinez-Ramos, 36, was sentenced Monday to 30 to 60 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to murder and conspiracy to commit murder, according to authorities.
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E-bike and scooter crashes are climbing in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. Police and public officials warn of rising deaths and confusion over Pennsylvania laws.
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The Juan Sanchez Baseball League’s mural was among 14 projects funded in the second round of grants from Allentown's Youth Climate Action Fund.
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Michael Breisch, of Wind Gap, was accused of killing Rose Josephine Hnath, a 78-year-old widow, in her North Whitehall Township home in January 1989, when he was 30 years old.
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Officials on Thursday night unveiled and rededicated “The Abduction of Psyche” outside the Archer Music Hall in downtown Allentown. It was long a centerpiece of the Rialto Theatre's foyer.
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Authorities did not name the boys — ages 14 and 15 — as they announced charges of terroristic charges and assault by physical menace.
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Ruffian Tittmann will start her job as executive director of the Allentown Parknership at the end of March.
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Several planning commission members questioned the use of a gate to regulate traffic and suggested developer Manny Makhoul instead extend Turner Street across his property.
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Plans call for buildings of 50-plus feet, but they won’t seem that tall to neighbors, according to the developer.
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Alberto Jose Rios-Santiago, 26, of Deltona, Florida, was denied bail Friday by a Lehigh County judge.
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The man suffered multiple traumatic injuries after he was hit by a car Friday morning, but he is expected to survive, police said.
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Evan Weaver and Jason Krasley were released in January after posting 10% of their $900,000 and $750,000 bail amounts.
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A group of about three dozen residents submitted a petition calling for council to end its latest investigation into discrimination or make Candida Affa recuse herself from votes on the probe.
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Last fall, Cynthia Mota said she thought it was “time for different leadership” in Allentown. She’s since reconsidered her run for mayor.
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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.
