The Daily Numbers: 7 inches of snow that fell on many areas of the region overnight.
6 inches on the ground in Drexel Hill, which looks like the high here in Delco.
4 inches reported in Allentown.
5 inches at Philadelphia International Airport.
400 plows that PennDOT put out on the roads last night to plow and get things clear for the morning commute. They did a great job.
8.8 inches of snow recorded in Central Park in New York City.
20 inches of snow expected on Long Island.
675 flights canceled at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
0 flights going in or out of Boston’s Logan Airport.
400 new jobs coming to Chester with the arrival of Power Home Remodeling Group to the Wharf at Rivertown.
2 Delco state senators, Daylin Leach and Anthony Williams, getting minority chairman positions in Harrisburg.
40,000 Pennsylvania residents may lose their low-cost basic health insurance.
2 stabbings in the Northern Liberties section of the city, 1 of which was fatal, that police are now labeling random attacks.
1 million dollars in aid being proposed by Pa. to help ailing Tasty Baking Co., maker of TastyKakes.
5 million dollars ripped off from La Salle University by their former director of auxiliary services.
111-103 loss by the Sixers as they fell to the Pacers last night at the Wells Fargo Center.
1 Flyer who made the NHL All-Star team. That would be winger Claude Giroux.
1 goal and 3 assists for Danny Briere last ngiht as the Flyers beat the Sabres. That gives him 22 goals on the year. Think he was maybe ticked about being left off the All-Star team.
38 saves for Sergei Bobrovsky in getting the win.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Andre Iguodala was back in the lineup for the Sixers last night. He didn’t look like he was ready to play.
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I Don’t Get It: Westboro Baptist Church. How anyone can even consider picketing the funeral of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, who was killed in the Arizona shooting rampage, is almost beyond comprehension. Shame on them.
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Today’s Upper: More good economic news for Chester with the arrival of Power Home Remodeling Group, which is moving to the city waterfront from Brookhaven. And they’re bringing 400 new jobs with them.
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Quote Box: “We understand the importance of making of making Chester a viable economic engine.”
- County Council Chairman Jack Whelan, at yesterday’s press conference to announce the arrival of a new tenant at the Wharf at Rivertown in Chester.
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