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Jason Addy

Reporter, covering Allentown for @LVNewsdotcom @WLVRNews

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  • Arraignment set for Allentown employee who reported noose at City Hall

    3 days ago | lehighvalleynews.com | Jason Addy

    ALLENTOWN, Pa. — An Allentown employee accused of putting a noose on her own desk is scheduled to be arraigned this month in Lehigh County Court. Charges against LaTarsha Brown, 42, were ordered to proceed to court last week, online records show. Brown was not present in court for the court action Friday, the records show. Brown is due to appear in Courtroom 2D on June 17 for her formal arraignment on misdemeanor charges of making a false report and tampering with evidence.

  • Developer scales back ambitious tower at downtown Allentown's 'Main on Main' intersection

    4 days ago | lehighvalleynews.com | Jason Addy

    ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown’s top developer is ready to add “the final piece” of the puzzle in the heart of the city — five years after first pushing forward with the project. City Center executives on Monday night presented scaled-back plans to revitalize the former Merchants National Bank at the southwest corner of Seventh and Hamilton streets. Allentown officials in January 2020 approved a proposal to build a 250-foot-tall tower with the old bank at its base.

  • Developer to present plans for 37-story tower in downtown Allentown

    1 week ago | lehighvalleynews.com | Jason Addy

    ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A developer is set to try again with plans to build a downtown Allentown skyscraper that would dwarf even the region’s largest building a few blocks away. Umran Global Investment wants to put up a 37-story tower at 90 S. 9th St. after buying the property in 2023 from developer Bruce Loch. Loch’s Ascot Circle Realty tried for almost a decade to build a 33-story tower there.

  • 'Every effort counts': Allentown survey asks residents about substance use, stigma

    1 week ago | lehighvalleynews.com | Jason Addy

    ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown officials on Thursday launched a survey that could help shape some of the city’s public health policies and programs. The citywide survey “seeks to better understand how public attitudes toward drug use affect individuals, families and communities," according to a news release from the city.

  • Analysis: Mayor swept Allentown precincts in re-election bid, but turnout down significantly

    1 week ago | lehighvalleynews.com | Jason Addy

    ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Mayor Matt Tuerk got a comprehensive win in last week’s Democratic primary, sweeping all of the city’s more than 50 voting precincts, according to an analysis of unofficial results by LehighValleyNews.com. The incumbent received at least 70% of all Democratic ballots cast for Allentown mayor in all but two precincts and won 40 by at least 50 percentage points. Tuerk’s narrowest margin of victory was more than 28 percentage points.

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19 Nov 24

Allentown City Councilman Ed Zucal is set to announce his bid for mayor in a few minutes here at the Fairgrounds Hotel. @LVNewsdotcom https://t.co/MBavkPtAll

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14 Nov 24

I'm at the Da Vinci Science Center in downtown Allentown, where we're just a few minutes from Mayor @matthewtuerk officially announcing his re-election bid. @LVNewsdotcom https://t.co/hZnyaBC7DY

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6 Nov 24

157 of 158 precincts in Lehigh County have reported vote totals - a precinct in Upper Macungie is the lone holdout at this point. Unofficial results show about two-thirds of voters went to the polls on Election Day this year. @LVNewsdotcom