The Daily Numbers: 45 jobs being eliminated by the archdiocese.
17 million dollar deficit for the church.
11.6 million in legal bills tied to priest-abuse scandal, that is not part of the deficit.
19 offices and ministries being merged.
117 years of the Catholic Standard and Times coming to an end. The archdiocese is shutting the newspaper down, as well as the Phaith magazine.
3-0 vote in Tinicum to allow Philadelphia International Airport to extend current taxiway and add new high-speed exit.
40 graduates getting diplomas last night at Glen Mills School. That’s the last high school commencement in the county. Let summer begin.
10,000 dollars, how much a Havertown woman is alleged to try to redeem a fur coat for that was only worth $1,000. She now faces charges.
900,000 budget gap still looming in William Penn School District. They’re looking at a tax hike.
40 juveniles at a post-prom beer bash in Marple. The hosts now face charges.
275,000 dollars raised for school bus monitor who was bullied unmercifully by a group of kids. The whole thing was caught on video and posted to YouTube.
250 million dollar project at the former Conoco refinery in Trainer that is being taken over by Delta Airlines that got the OK from the PUC.
2 Genuardi’s supermarkets in Delco that are being converted to Giant Supermarkets.
4-1 loss for the Phillies last night as they failed to sweep all 3 games vs. the Rockies.
7 solid innings from Vane Worley, who still got tagged with the loss.
238 consecutive sellouts as 43,805 went through the turnstiles as the temperatures hovered in the low 90s.
0 win for Cliff Lee, who takes the hill tonight as Phils open 3-game series with the Rays.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Shane Victorino thinks the media is always asking about the negative. Hard to figure.
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I Don’t Get It: Why are we hearing from the son of Jerry Sandusky alleging he also was abused by his dad after the jury goes out in his trial?
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Glen Mills School and their 40 graduates, bringing the curtain down on graduation season here in Delaware County.
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Quote Box: “The more troubling fact is that the archdiocese has, for many years, covered the expense of its many good ministries with growing deficits.”
- Archbishop Charles Chaput, on reasons for cutbacks announced yesterday.
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