Ryan Gaylor
Northampton County reporterI’m LehighValleyNews.com’s Northampton County reporter. Before moving to Easton in September of 2022, I reported on state government and hosted All Things Considered for KGOU, Oklahoma City’s NPR station.
In 2021, I graduated from the University of Oklahoma with dual degrees in dramaturgy and journalism. Outside of the newsroom, I love listening to podcasts, bothering my dog, seeing theatre, and helping my friends write plays. Contact me at RyanG@lehighvalleynews.com or 610-984-8208.
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Northampton County Council must hold new hearings on a financing program for a project turning the former Wilson Borough Dixie Cup factory into apartments. -
Forks Township's zoning hearing board blocked plans Tuesday for a warehouse on Kuebler Rd., and affirmed that the township does not allow construction on floodplains.
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Lehigh Valley Friends Meeting, as the Quaker congregation is known, celebrated its 75th birthday Sunday with an open house in Hanover Township, Northampton County.
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The union for many essential employees of the Northampton County Department of Human Services set a date Thursday for an upcoming one-day strike.
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A group of Northampton County Department of Human Services employees represented by Service Employees International Union Local 668 plans to strike, union representatives announced Tuesday.
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In his State of the County address Tuesday, Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure offered a 'test' for residents to evaluate his government. His conclusion: "It may be as strong as it's ever been."
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Northampton County's Parks and Recreation Division and the Lehigh Valley Greenways Conservation Landscape celebrated big anniversaries Monday during the Greenways Jamboree Monday at Wayne Grube Memorial Park.
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An exhibition game between the Lehigh Valley and Northampton County Miracle League teams at Coca-Cola Park paired the teams' players with members of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
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A measure declaring Northampton County a "sanctuary county" for abortion access failed Thursday in a 3-3-3 vote of county council. "It feels like such a 'gotcha' move," one councilwoman said of the proposal.
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Judy Woodruff, former anchor of "PBS NewsHour," returned to Bethlehem on Tuesday for a pair of conversations about the war in Gaza. It's part of her "America at a Crossroads" project examining the deep divides in American politics.
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A new mural at Lehigh Valley International Airport, unveiled Tuesday, greets passengers in the tunnel from the terminal to the parking lot.
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Northampton County Council rejected amendments to county 'responsible contracting' rules Thursday, blocking a bid to make county construction contracts more friendly to non-union firms
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Parents accused of medical child abuse, formerly known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, criticized the doctor they say is behind the false claims against them, and asked Northampton County to intervene.
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Volunteer pedestrians crossed Main Street in Northampton Borough over and over Wednesday afternoon as local police watched to catch drivers failing to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk.
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After a vote by the Bethlehem Twp. Board of Commissioners Tuesday night, developers behind a parking lot for Amazon's delivery vans have another year to meet conditions of the project's approval.
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WLVR's Ryan Gaylor talks with reporters Molly Bilinski and Olivia Marble.
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The annual festival is a way to share Dominican culture, food and music, and to celebrate Allentown's large and growing Dominican community.
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Emmanuel United Church of Christ will soon become 12 "deeply affordable" apartments, built inside of the building's sanctuary by nonprofit Ripple Community Inc.
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Northampton Co. officials want more transit funding. Transportation planners say it's hard to changeThe next long-term plan for the Lehigh Valley's transportation projects gives more funding to Lehigh County's projects than Northampton's. Northampton County officials say it's unfair, and will be for decades to come.
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A new problem-solving court is aimed at keeping military veterans charged with crimes out of jail by treating and addressing the underlying causes of criminality.
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Lehigh Valley Pride hosted its 30th annual festival at the SteelStacks campus in Bethlehem on Sunday. It's the festival's first year in South Bethlehem and the first with free admission.
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Northampton County Council introduced a measure Thursday night that its author said would make rules for contractors less discriminatory, and lead to more bids for county contracts.
