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Allentown zoning code in line for overhaul as council backs extensive update
Allentown City Council scheduled a public hearing for Oct. 15 to solicit any final feedback from residents on proposed changes to zoning regulations.
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'More than just a structure': Officials praise residents' persistence, pressure at bridge reopening
The 37-foot aluminum structure spans Trout Creek, an impediment in recent years for many who walk to South Mountain Middle School and Dodd Elementary School or catch a bus along Dixon Street.
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Allentown joins new partnership to attract talent, 'unlock potential' of city workforce
Allentown is the second city — after Kansas City — to join Work for America’s Spotlight Cities program, “a really cool partnership” that could be “transformative," Mayor Matt Tuerk announced Monday.
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Noise cameras could be coming to Allentown to stifle noisy mufflers, loud music
City officials presented some of the benefits and costs of devices that use cameras and microphones to detect and cite vehicles that violate a municipality’s noise ordinance.
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Mayor's search for homeless safe-camping site comes up empty as Allentown encampment closure looms
Allentown officials and advocates conducted a preliminary study of city-owned sites where people could securely live in tents or their vehicles but found none, Mayor Matt Tuerk said.