Will Oliver
Bethlehem Area reporterI cover the city of Bethlehem and its surrounding area for LehighValleyNews.com. I worked previously as a staff writer turned managing editor at The Houston Home Journal in Perry, Georgia. Before that, I worked as a co-host for the Morning Show on 94.7 WTBF-FM out of Troy, Alabama. During my time in the multimedia journalism program at Troy University, I contributed to the student-run publication, The Tropolitan, and had my undergraduate capstone project printed on the front page of The Montgomery Advertiser. I enjoy drumming, disc golf, going to concerts and trying to cook. My dog, Bella, and I would love to meet you. Give me a call at 610-984-8220 or shoot me an email at willo@lehighvalleynews.com.
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The city administration’s $112.49 million spending plan proposed for next year would keep real estate taxes where they are currently, buy eight new police cars and more than double the fire department’s new-recruit training budget. -
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey held a campaign event at Cedar Crest College, urging support for women’s reproductive rights. He highlighted the need for legislation that ensures access to fertility treatments and family planning.
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Two new warehouses have been approved in Lehigh Valley under a "special exemption request." The development also aims to attract tenants.
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The township budget outlook for next year shows no increase in real estate tax, sewer fees, fire tax, stormwater charges and no new borrowing against the general fund, according to Township Manager Doug Bruce.
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Racecar driver Marco Andretti wants to put in 18 total apartments at his grandparents’ former duplex, a three-story addition to the rear of the home and a neighboring property along West Broad Street.
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The Coalition for Appropriate Transportation will double its current workspace by moving to the Walnut Street Garage in Bethlehem. It's set to open in December of next year.
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Now around the halfway point of a two-year planning phase to reimagine the Stefko-Pembroke neighborhood, officials said they need residents to keep brainstorming.
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Some plan modifications proposed by the Historic Conservation Commission included lowering the uppermost cornice by six feet, and a change in the storefront window choice for a better rhythm for passersby along the Third Street corridor.
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Just shy of a mile's worth of abandoned rail line lies in the way of joining the South Bethlehem Greenway with the Saucon Rail Trail. Bethlehem City Council has moved to buy the land along that rail to later facilitate the new connection.
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A four-man crew has been making haste since Oct. 1 in putting up the decorations, with most of the wreaths, ribbons, light wraps, trees and stars currently hanging on light poles above streets in South Bethlehem and along the city’s bridges.
- New Bethany celebrates 40 years of ‘hope served alongside a hot meal'
- Lackawanna College now enrolling for planned new trade school in Bethlehem area
- Bethlehem left asking ‘What would you do?’ as displacement of homeless camp draws closer
- LANTA gets $1.2M to improve efficiency, rider amenities along express bus routes
- Corridor with ‘one of Hellertown’s busiest intersections' slated for $600K in upgrades
- LVIA’s new officer is on patrol. And you’re welcome to pet him if he’s not busy
- Bethlehem solicitor: No other city officials targeted as part of alleged interstate drug ring
- Pony rides, donut-eating contest among fun at Apple Days festival in Bethlehem
- Before Bethlehem homeless camp is broken up, 'pointed talk' to pave the way
- Packed hearing draws opposition to West Bethlehem townhouse development
- Lehigh County keys into stopping local Kia, Hyundai thefts with wheel lock giveaway
- Superintendent: Work for new Fountain Hill Elementary ‘on target'; cost to remove waste rises $100,000