The Daily Numbers: 5 million dollars now raised in the effort to save Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast High School.
1.4 million dollars raised by boosters.
1 million dollars and change put up by a couple of well-to-do local folks.
2.5 million dollar match by an anonymous donor to put them at $5 million. Unreal.
2 days until the archdiocese rules filed by Bonner-Prendie and other schools among the 49 targeted for closure by a Blue Ribbon Commission.
110 workers at the Sunoco refinery in Marcus Hook laid off.
19, age of cadet at Valley Forge Military Academy charged with sexual assault against a female cadet.
78 months in prison for the Chester Heights man and former Chester County elementary school teacher charged with child porn.
500,000 dollars ripped off from a local Wachovia Bank in Brookhaven by a former financial specialist. He pleaded guilty to ripping off his own bank.
9, age of girl struck by hit-run driver in Parkside section of Philly last night.
15 Phillies spring training games to be aired by Comcast SportsNet. First game up is Saturday, March 3 vs. the Yankees.
27 points last night for Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin.
3 pointer at the buzzer to win it. The guy is amazing. Or as the New York Post described him, ‘Amasian!’
4 days until pitchers and catchers report to Clearwater for Phillies training camp.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Jeremy Lin is one of the best sports stories to come around in years. One question: How could he go unnoticed for so long?
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I Don’t Get It: Police in Philadelphia say a man was shot to death in a neighborhood dispute over dog droppings. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to everyone connected to Bonner and Prendie. You did it. $5 million reasons to keep the school open.
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Quote Box: “It’s disheartening to say the least. It’s being done like you’re a bunch of sheep doing to the slaughter.”
- Union boss Dave Miller, on layoffs announced at Sunoco plant yesterday.
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