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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For locals ‘to share in the love of soccer,’ Allentown unveils new Mini-Pitch at Jordan Meadows ParkAn underutilized roller hockey rink at Jordan Meadows Park has been transformed into the Queen City’s first Mini-Pitch modular sports system focused on soccer. -
Said Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites President LoriAnn Wukitsch, “We’re just starting with this preservation here in Bethlehem, and hopefully this is going to kickstart the importance of continuing this work today, tomorrow and for years to come."
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The 1782/1834 Grist Miller’s House, after being closed to the public for a couple of decades, will open again for a free community showing from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
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A dilapidated single-family home across from Touchstone Theatre and Parham Park may later become a three-story mixed-use structure.
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Public-service workers were at Allentown City Hall on Tuesday to voice their concern about potential budget cuts at the federal level.
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Located amind Stefko Boulevard, Pembroke Road and Washington Avenue, the 1.5-acre Nicholas Dutko Park currently doesn’t have much on site besides a stone memorial honoring its namesake. Bethlehem plans to upgrade the space.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro was at Memorial Fire Station in West Bethlehem on Friday to share how his proposed 2025-26 budget would support fire companies statewide.
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Locals making up the Downtown Bethlehem Association helped market the Main Street’s successful campaign, offering a QR code for voting, social media content, printed postcards and word of mouth to draw voters.
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Once pitched for 27 units, the newest project documents show 24 apartments to be built on site, with 18 one-bedroom and six two-bedroom units ranging from about 600 to 1,700 square feet.
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There are single-family homes and apartments to the west, a Price Rite to the south across Martin Court and Lehigh Valley Health Network medical office buildings under construction to the east across Eighth Avenue.
- Hundreds take to Bethlehem streets to protest ICE arrests
- ICE arrests 17 construction workers at fire-damaged Bethlehem apartment building
- Traffic-detouring utility work in Bethlehem planned to wrap up Friday
- Volunteers with The IMPACT Project vow to help Lehigh Valley youth keep on track
- Out with the old, in with the new: Moravian’s Haupert Union Building to open this fall
- How far can $1 take you? At the Great South Side Sale, organizers say it’s money well spent
- LVHN ‘building for growth’ with new ER expansion at LVH-Muhlenberg
- State grant breathes new life into century-old Goodman Building in Bethlehem
- ‘A traffic nightmare’: Proposed 268-unit apartment project on William Penn Highway sparks concerns
- Hellertown designs 'key connection' between Saucon Rail Trail and nearby shopping center
- Bethlehem’s 2025 street-paving season targets nearly 30 trouble spots
- Hellertown Council to vote on convicted former police chief getting his $32K pension pay-in