The Daily Numbers: 57-34 record for the Phils in first half of season.
Not too shabby!
40 people who gathered yesterday at Greenlawn Cemetery in Chester Township to cut weeds and spruce the place up.
700 unionized nurses at Crozer Chester Medical Center who have a new contract agreement with the hospital this morning.
1 person killed in fatal crash on I-95 in Chichester yesterday afternoon.
1 person killed, 3 hurt in crash involving motorcycle group in Chester County yesterday afternoon.
64 million dollars flowing into state coffers from those new table games at Pa. casinos.
2,400 dollars a week, base pay for a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Music to their ears.
4 cent increase nationally in price of gasoline. It’s the first hike in
8 weeks at the pumps.
3.63 a gallon average price nationally. That’s up from #3.57.
3.70 a gallon in Philadelphia region, up from $3.67.
30,000 dollars stolen from manager of Jim’s Steaks cheesesteak join in Philly by a robber yesterday in broad daylight.
1 person killed in an attack with a pool cue inside a Philly bar.
79, age of registered sex offender charged for groping himself in front of 2 young girls in front of their neighborhood lemonade stand in Somers Point, N.J.
14 runs on 20 hits as the Phils crushed the Braves yesterday to finish off the first half of the season.
6 RBI for Raul Ibanez.
3 doubles for 4 RBI for John Mayberry Jr.
4 hits for Michael Martinez.
45,853 at Citizens Bank Park, the 172 consecutive sellout
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Yes, those were Phillies fans doing a ‘Tomahawk chop’ to mock the Braves during yesterday’s rout.
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I Don’t Get It: To road tolls. Why is it that every trip you take, the tolls seem to be more than the last time you took that drive?
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to all those who gave up a glorious Sunday afternoon to clean up Greenlawn Cemetery in Chester Township Sunday.
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Quote Box: “It’s almost like they don’t want us to get an education.
It’s like they don’t want us to get a degree.”
- Cheyney student Tempest Kerr, on cuts in funding to state universities and increased costs for students.
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