Bill Heydt

Allentown's fiscal problems are bad, but Harrisburg's are even worse

2013-05-23 14:22:00

Allentown has a $200 million red ink problem, which, it seems, is the fault of any city politician not currently in office, and a population of 118,000 as of the 2010 census. That $200 million, split 118,000 ways, comes to less than $1,700 per person....

Allentown proposal may hock the future with water-sewer lease

2012-08-11 21:02:12

In his novel "David Copperfield," Charles Dickens saw Allentown coming from more than a century and a half away. "Annual income 20 pounds, annual expenditure 19 pounds 19 and six; result happiness," the lovable Wilkins Micawber tells the title character....

Allentown hockey arena soap opera: Don't jump off the Titanic

2012-05-10 16:14:00

For normal people, the important thing here is hockey, not the revitalization of a downtown area going downhill, nor razzle-dazzle financial schemes in which only two things seem certain: Ultimately, the politically connected will do just fine while it...

Allentown hockey arena costs adding up

2012-02-04 19:14:00

Hockey arena no sure thing

2011-02-25 00:00:00

The renewal of a center city Allentown lot into a minor league hockey arena for the Phantoms may well rest in the hands of surrounding property owners, a major development firm and the notorious rock formation that nixed a previous arena and felled a...

Flashback: In '81, Muhlenberg helped form new football conference

2011-05-29 19:57:00

In defeat, Heydt showed a side few voters ever saw

2005-11-11 00:00:00

Defeated Allentown mayoral candidate William Heydt stood outside a darkened Shanty restaurant on N. 19th Street Tuesday night, hugging his crying granddaughter, Meredith. There were no supporters around, no TV cameras, no reporters. It was all over -- the...

One man is behind Allentown's nightmare: Mark Mendelson

2002-11-24 00:00:00

Downtown Easton has the elegant State Theatre, once an eyesore, now a premier Lehigh Valley concert hall. In Bethlehem sits the sturdy Radisson Hotel Bethlehem. Not long ago, it was on the fast track to blight. But it was saved by investors who kept the...

Mayoral Primary Candidate Q&A: Republican William Heydt

2005-04-27 00:00:00

The second in a series on the issues facing Allentown's next Mayor. The second issue: Public Safety. QUESTION 1: Allentown has seen the number of serious crimes increase in each of the last four years. How do you plan to reduce the city's crime rate?...

Former Mayor Bill Heydt explains upgrades to the concession area of Symphony Hall to Al Douglass during a private showing of rennovations.

2012-09-07 00:00:00

Former Mayor Bill Heydt explains upgrades to the concession area of Symphony Hall to Al Douglass during a private showing of renovations.

2012-09-07 00:00:00

Olaf Marthinson, a 102-year-old veteran of the World War I era, is introduced as the oldest veteran in the Lehigh Valley area in 1999 by then-Allentown Mayor William Heydt.

2006-10-16 10:42:46