The Daily Numbers: 19 teachers being rehired as ‘special’ classes in arts, music, tech and language are restored for Upper Darby elementary and middle schools.
45 teachers furloughed at the last board meeting. The 19 will coming back will come from their ranks.
725,000 in state Accountability Block Grants that will go toward the restoration of special classes.
2.5 million dollars from Distressed Schools Fund that also will be used.
5 months ago when workers walked out of the Conoco refinery in Trainer for the last time. Today they will walk back in and head back to work as a subsidiary of Delta Airlines takes over.
400 workers expected to be employed once again at the site, which will be run by Monroe Energy.
12 billion dollars, how much Delta spent on jet fuel last year.
80 percent of their domestic fuel they expect to come from the Trainer facility.
4 months, how long the bridge on MacDade Boulevard that spans Ridley Creek at the Chester line in Ridley Township has been closed.
35 percent, how much the owner of the Brewer’s Outlet in nearby Woodlyn Shopping Center says his business has been off.
18 to 36 years in jail for a Clifton Heights man who police say attempted ‘suicide by cop’ last October.
40 years since Hurricane Agnes wreaked havoc across much of Pa.
4 dead in several hours as street violence continues to take a heavy toll in Philly.
4 people shot when gunfire erupted during a basketball game in Logan Sunday night.
27 percent decline in gas prices from their 2012 high.
3.43, average price per gallon in the Philly region, down 6 cents from the week before.
3.73, what we were paying last year at this time.
0 win for Cliff Lee, who got tagged with the loss in the nightcap of yesterday’s day/night doubleheader. He’s now 0-4 with a 3.72 ERA for the season.
5.10, Lee’s ERA in his last 5 starts.
7 shutout innings for Cole Hamels in Game 1, unfortunately Antonio Bastardo melted down in the 8th and the Phils lost.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to all those workers heading back to work at the former Conoco plant in Trainer today.
Quote Box: “It’s an enormous burden lifted off the shoulders of the workers and those families and it’s a tremendous boost to our region to have such a core industry return.”
- U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan, R-7, on Monroe Energy setting up shop at former Conoco refinery in Trainer today.
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