The Daily Numbers: 9 months after Conoco idled its refinery in Trainer, workers are preparing to head back to work.
5 months after the union members there got their pink slips.
185,000 barrel a day plant has been bought and will be operated by a subsidiary of Delta Airlines.
26 of June, when the Upper Darby School Board will take a final vote on its controversial budget and realignment plan.
1 floor at Chester High that would be closed under a reconfiguration plan presented to the school board.
2 high schools for parents to choose from, Chester High and a STEM or magnet high school.
295 graduates picked up diplomas from Sun Valley High Schoo.
486 graduates from Ridley High.
5 day-time robberies targeting people in the area of 69th Street since May 12.
2 million dollar proposed price of a new county animal shelter in Darby Township. The county is backing away from the plan.
22, age of suspect being sought in the fatal shooting of an Upper Darby man outside a popular eatery at the Piazza at Schmidt’s in Northern Liberties.
37, age of woman who is suing the Phillie Phanatic after an incident at a motel in Avalon in which she got tossed into a swimming pool during a performance.
1.7 billion dollar tax credit for Shell being defended by Gov. Tom Corbett, who says the deal is still not done and it’s needed to make sure the company comes to Pa. instead of another state.
300,000 dollars spent by agencies responding to report of a yacht on fire off the Jersey coast that turned out to be a hoax.
11-7 loss for the Phils last night in Minnesota.
9.5 games back of the Nats, where the Phils sit this morning.
0 for 5 for Chase Utley in his 1st rehab appearance in Clearwater last night.
6 runs on 8 hits over 4 innings surrendered by Phils starter Kyle Kendrick.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to news that the sale of the Conoco refinery in Trainer to Delta Airlines is about to close, and that a boatload of union workers could be back on the job in a matter of a couple of weeks.
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Quote Box: “You have a job if you want it.”
- Union leader Denis Stephano, on new life at the former Conoco refinery in Trainer that is being bought by Delta Airlines.
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