The Daily Numbers: 141 percent tax hike looming out in Bethel Township.
Ouch!
4 members of a volunteer finance committee in Bethel who resigned because they believe their suggestions are being ignored.
170 dollars, what the average home assessed at $200,000 pays in taxes.
That would go to $410 a year, plus a $160 trash fee.
1,000 dollar reward for a Morton man being sought in the abduction and stabbing of a man from the parking lot of Springfield Mall.
15,000 dollars per month, fee to be paid for solicitor services to Leo Hackett by the Chester Upland School Board.
150,000 dollar grant for Ridley Park from the state Department of Community and Economic Development for a criminal-tracking program.
46 percent a piece for Joe Sestak and Pat Toomey, according to still another new poll. The polls are varying widely in this race, with some showing Toomey up by as much as 7 in the recent Franklin & Marshall College poll.
4.1 million dollar sale price at auction for the original Aston-Martin from the James Bond flick ‘Goldfinger.’ It was owned by Philly radio station owner Jerry Lee. He paid $12,000 for it in 1969. Nice investment.
2 homes hit by home invading burglars on the Main Line this week.
19, age of man charged with burglary and vandalizing the football stadium at the University of Delaware.
89 pounds of pot sniffed out by a K9 dog at Philadelphia International Airport.
6 to 18 years in prison for a former parochial school teachers’ aide who pleaded guilty to molesting kids in Montgomery County.
17, age of teen driver who was performing a stunt called “drifting” when he lost control of his car and then struck and killed an 81-year-old woman.
20, age of Notre Dame student who was killed when the tower he was standing on while filming a football practice collapsed in high winds yesterday.
11-7 win for the Giants in Game 1 of the World Series vs. the Rangers.
7 runs on 8 hits in just 4 innings and change from Rangers’ ace Cliff Lee.
16 points off the bench for Sixers rookie Even Turner. They still lost to LeBron James and the Heat.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Anyone else think the Phils smoke either one of those teams last night?
Thought so.
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I Don’t Get It: A kid apparently mimicking a stunt from the move “The Fast and the Furious” loses control, then fatally strikes an 81-year-old woman. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Count it down with us. Five more days until the election – and the end of all these ads.
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Quote Box: “Is there no fat we can trim from this budget?”
- Bethel resident Kim Champagne, on hearing of possible hefty tax hike.
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