The Daily Numbers: 750,000 dollar budget deficit in Upper Chi that has commissioners there mulling a 1 percent earned income tax.
75 dollars more in taxes likely under the budget being proposed in Ridley Township.
4 coal-fired plants being shut down by Exelon, including 2 in Eddystone, meaning a likely loss of 280 jobs.
119,000 dollars a year, how much Eddystone Borough believes they will lose with the closing of the plants.
75,000 dollars, how much a mother and daughter are charged with ripping off from the Cherry Tree Condo Association and homeowners association.
2.19 percent dip in revenue reported by Harrah’s Chester from their slots operation in November.
24,251,117.64 raked in by Harrah’s. That puts them behind only Philly Park in slots revenue.
4 gunshot wounds suffered by a man when 2 gunmen invaded his home in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia last night.
9 terms in Harrisburg for Kathy Manderino, who will retire next year. She’s the 2nd state rep from the region to indicate they are getting out. Barbara McIlvaine Smith of Chester County did likewise last week.
3 people killed in a crash on the Atlantic City Expressway yesterday. 1 of them was from Brookhaven.
111 million dollar loss for regional home builder Toll Brothers in the 4th quarter.
11 minutes, how long it took a man to die while waiting to see doctor in a Philadelphia hospital where he went with chest pains.
14,000 new unemployment claims filed last week, as President Obama holds a jobs summit today in Washington.
13.75 billion dollars being paid by cable giant Comcast to buy NBC.
That’s one expensive peacock.
6.9 million dollars fetched at auction for a work by Andrew Wyeth of his teen son standing on a bluff.
2 Penn State students who waived their preliminary hearing on charges related to the drinking death of a classmate.
*
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Who would have thought that the Sixers could trump the Eagles. That is likely to happen this weekend as we await the return of Allen Iverson, even as Michael Vick and the Eagles return to Atlanta.
*
I Don’t Get It: A 25-year-old man in Easton has been convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl. He’s HIV-positive. I don’t get it.
*
Today’s Upper: That was a short winter. It’s 60 degrees out this morning. Unfortunately, it’s not going to last.
*
Quote Box: “To date, there hasn’t been a lot of support to cut services.
- Jim Stewart, president of the Upper Chi commissioners, on proposal to institute a 1 percent earned income tax.
75 dollars more in taxes likely under the budget being proposed in Ridley Township.
4 coal-fired plants being shut down by Exelon, including 2 in Eddystone, meaning a likely loss of 280 jobs.
119,000 dollars a year, how much Eddystone Borough believes they will lose with the closing of the plants.
75,000 dollars, how much a mother and daughter are charged with ripping off from the Cherry Tree Condo Association and homeowners association.
2.19 percent dip in revenue reported by Harrah’s Chester from their slots operation in November.
24,251,117.64 raked in by Harrah’s. That puts them behind only Philly Park in slots revenue.
4 gunshot wounds suffered by a man when 2 gunmen invaded his home in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia last night.
9 terms in Harrisburg for Kathy Manderino, who will retire next year. She’s the 2nd state rep from the region to indicate they are getting out. Barbara McIlvaine Smith of Chester County did likewise last week.
3 people killed in a crash on the Atlantic City Expressway yesterday. 1 of them was from Brookhaven.
111 million dollar loss for regional home builder Toll Brothers in the 4th quarter.
11 minutes, how long it took a man to die while waiting to see doctor in a Philadelphia hospital where he went with chest pains.
14,000 new unemployment claims filed last week, as President Obama holds a jobs summit today in Washington.
13.75 billion dollars being paid by cable giant Comcast to buy NBC.
That’s one expensive peacock.
6.9 million dollars fetched at auction for a work by Andrew Wyeth of his teen son standing on a bluff.
2 Penn State students who waived their preliminary hearing on charges related to the drinking death of a classmate.
*
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Who would have thought that the Sixers could trump the Eagles. That is likely to happen this weekend as we await the return of Allen Iverson, even as Michael Vick and the Eagles return to Atlanta.
*
I Don’t Get It: A 25-year-old man in Easton has been convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl. He’s HIV-positive. I don’t get it.
*
Today’s Upper: That was a short winter. It’s 60 degrees out this morning. Unfortunately, it’s not going to last.
*
Quote Box: “To date, there hasn’t been a lot of support to cut services.
- Jim Stewart, president of the Upper Chi commissioners, on proposal to institute a 1 percent earned income tax.
Comments