The Daily Numbers: 2 more Delaware County archdiocesan elementary schools closing their doors forever after this year. St. Philomena’s in Lansdowne and Our Lady of Charity in Brookhaven about to become history.
288 students enrolled at Our Lady of Charity in 2005; 176 this year; 89 re-registered for next year.
196 students at St. Philomena’s in 2005; 141 this year; 88 re-registered for next year.
100 parents who attended a meeting at Our Lady of Charity last night where they got the bad word.
18 Delaware County parochial schools that have now closed since 1971, 15 of them since 1981, 7 in the last 9 years.
700 nurses at Crozer-Chester Medical Center who are not on strike today. They will continue talks with the hospital next week in attempts to reach a new contract.
22 days until the SPCA is due to get out of the animal control business. The county has a site for a proposed new shelter, but no one to run it.
13, age of student at youth center in Radnor charged with stabbing another girl with a pair of scissors.
97 degrees for a high being forecast for today; 98 tomorrow. Real-feel temps will soar over 100.
4,600 dollar cut in the mayor’s salary in Chester, along with a $5,000 cut for council members, according to a proposal being considered now.
11 million dollars taken from the Tropicana Resort by 2 gamblers in recent weeks at high-stakes blackjack tables.
6 million dollars in state funding for the arts that now has a powerful friend in Harrisburg. That would be the wife of Gov. Tom Corbett.
52 week low for shares of struggling bank giant Bank of America.
34, age of youth soccer coach in Philly who pleaded guilty to having sex with one teen and asking for sex from girls age 14-16.
200 people who rallied in Harrisburg for tougher environmental protection in the wake of drilling for natural gas in Pa.
2 rookies who helped the Dodgers beat the Phils last night, 6-2.
1 run given up by rookie pitcher Rubby De La Rosa, despite giving up 5 walks.
5 losses in their last 7 games for Phils.
167 consecutive sellouts for the Phils at Citizens Bank Park.
0 home runs for the Phils in the last 6 games.
2.48 goals against average last year for Coyotes goalie Ilya Bryzgalov. The Flyers acquired the rights to talk to him last night.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Has anyone considered the possibility that the Phillies simply are not going to hit. This is not a slump. This goes back to last year. This just might be what we get.
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I Don’t Get It: It’s going to be hot out today. Prepare to be bombarded with reports on TV news. Why don’t the supermarkets get jammed by the heat as they do when it snows?
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to both sides in the talks between Crozer Chester Medical Center and its nurses. They will continue talks next week, averting a possible strike, at least for now.
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Quote Box: “We were held hostage.”
- Parent Cathy Bradley, on learning Our Lady of Charity School in Brookhaven would close.
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