The Daily Numbers: 1.7 million dollars being spent to move the historic Rose Tree Tavern back into Rose Tree Park and convert it into the new HQ for the county Convention and Visitors Bureau.
3 percent tax on hotel rooms in the county, with much of that money targeting the tavern restoration.
1.1 million brought in with the tax, even during the economic downturn.
0 percent tax hike in Ridley Park budget.
9 percent tax hike looming in Radnor Township.
9.5 percent hike in Newtown.
3.08 a gallon, what we’re paying on average in Philly region for gas.
3.03 a gallon, average last week; $272 price this time last year.
46, age of man robbed in parking lot of apartment complex in New Castle, Del.
100 feet, how far a man fell to his death into the hull of a ship on the Philadelphia waterfront Sunday night.
30 people who gathered on steps of Chester County Courthouse Saturday to protest lack of atheist display amid the county’s official holiday decorations.
3 strangulation cases that police believe may be the work of the same man in the Juniata Park section of Philly.
126 million dollars for Jayson Werth in a monster 7-year deal from the Washington Nationals.
.296 batting average for Werth this year, with 27 homers, 46 doubles and
85 RBIs.
8-4 record for the both the Eagles and Giants atop the NFC East. The Giants smoked Donovan McNabb and the Redskins yesterday.
*A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Can’t blame Jayson Werth for taking the money, and can’t blame the Phils for not matching that ridiculous offer by the Nats. Hope Werth enjoys playing in front of a couple thousand people most nights, except when the Phils are in town and the faithful make the trip down I-95.Upper Darby police say a man was brutally “stomped” so viciously that one of his attacker’s sneaker prints was left on his face. That belongs to a teenage girl. I don’t get it.
Call me a Phanatic:
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I Don’t Get It:
Today’s Upper: Philadelphia has among the highest rates in the nation when it comes to smoking, so today the city is handing out free packets of a nicotine replacement.
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Quote Box: “I thought they were trying to reduce the deficit in Washington.”
- New Mets GM Sandy Alderson, on the deal signed by Jayson Werth with the Nationals.
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