The Daily Numbers: 50 years, how long Nick Catania wielded power in Delaware County, as head of the Ridley GOP and also as county councilman.
86, Catania’s age when he passed away at Fair Acres yesterday.
17 Archdiocesan high schools, including Bonner-Prendie, that will now be operated by a private foundation, the Faith in the Future Foundation.
8 large bricks of heron found during a car stop on I-95.
5,445 dollars also found in the car; 2 women now face drug charges.
17, number of mosquitoes that tested postive for West Nile virus in the last 2 days in Delco.
62, age of Springfield man killed when the bicycle he was riding collided with a pickup truck.
1 million dollar loan OK’d by Upland Borough to buy a new fire truck.
11 security cameras installed in Garnet Valley High School as “deterrent to inappropriate behavior.” There are 1,110 students in the school.
15, age of teen girl in Woodbury, N.J., charged with setting fire to the house where her family lived.
118,000 dollar reward now posted for info on 2 suspects being sought in murder of off-duty Philadelphia Police Officer Moses Walker Jr.
18 percent of Pa. students who took the ACT college exam. That’s as opposed to 52 percent naturally.
22.4 average score for Pa. kids, that’s up from 22.3 in 2011.
400,000 dollars in good believed ripped off and then resold by the guy who headed the garage in the Bensalem School District.
0, how many more games Vick is likely to play in the preseason. He’s nursing a rib contusion.
2 more TD passes for rookie backup Nick Foles. He’s looking more and more like an alternative to Mike Kafka.
2 days before the Eagles are back on the field for an exhibition game in Cleveland.
5-4 loss for the Phils as their bullpen ruined another effort from Cliff Lee.
0 wins for Cliff Lee at Citizens Bank Park this season.
45,091 sellout crowd, each of whom received a Hunter Pence bobblehead.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.So far Nick Foles looks like he just might be the real deal as a possible backup for Michael Vick. Get used to seeing him. He likely will be the starter Friday night in Cleveland. And he could be making Mike Kafka’s role on the team very tenuous.
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I Don’t Get It: A Bucks County tattoo artist has been convicted of trading tattoos for sex with teen girls. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the legacy of Nick Catania, one of the true icons of the Delco GOP and local politics.
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Quote Box: “Nick was a gentleman through and through and a very good man.”
- Former Delco GOP leader Tom Judge Sr., on the passing of Nick Catania.
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