The Daily Numbers: 21 years, how long Sara Ferguson has been teaching in Chester Upland. She was the guest of the first lady at the State of the Union Address last night.
16 years, how long the district spent under state control. Now the state Education Department is mulling a ‘Special Board of Control’ to do it again.
18 months, how long it has been back under control of the elected school board.
600,000 dollars, how much a Ridley woman is charged with stealing from the company she worked for in Folcroft.
3-6 years in prison for a Haverford man who pleaded guilty to a fatal hit-run in which he struck and killed a man on a bicycle.
105,000 dollar salary for the new county solicitor. The old one, John McBlain, made $109,000. He’s now on County Council.
7.2 million dollar contract from the Army for Alloy Surfaces of Chester Township.
1 half mile, how long the line was at one point yesterday as mourners waited to say goodbye to Joe Paterno.
7 minute, how long it took for 16,000 tickets to the Thursday memorial for JoePa to be snapped up.
33, age of woman gunned down in her Philly convenience store. Police now believe she was executed, either by drug gangs or possibly because she witnessed another murder.
20 million dollars, how much Mitt Romney made last year. Yeah, he’s just one of us.
15 percent, his tax bracket, which in fact is more just like the rest of us.
37 million iPhones sold by Apple in the last quarter.
2 billion dollar loss posted by Verizon last quarter, even though it sold 4.3 million of the iPhone 4S.
153 members of the state House, down from the current 203, under a plan being considered in Harrisburg.
3-2 win for the Flyers in a shootout over the Florida Panthers.
25 goals for Scott Hartnell, who was added to the NHL All-Star Game.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Eyes of the nation will be on Chester come July 25, when Major League Soccer holds its All-Star game at PPL Park in Chester.
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I Don’t Get It: Some mourners who got tickets to the public memorial for Joe Paterno were posting them for sale on eBay. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Sara Ferguson, the Chester Upland teacher who was selected to join First Lady Michelle Obama in her box at the State of the Union last night.
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Quote Box: “I was a public school student who was taken to the White House by a teacher. So, for me to come back and represent teachers is a joy.”
- Sara Ferguson, on her honor at the State of the Union last night.
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