The Daily Numbers: 2 hotels and community center planned for tract in Ridley Townswhip.
65 years, how long May’s Water Ice has been in business in Chester. Now they’re getting ready to close up shop forever.
65,000 barrels a day of propane and ethane from the Marcellus Shale region headed to the former Sunoco refinery in Marcus Hook.
20 Delco communities who have filed suit against a tax collection agency. A hearing in the suit was continued on Friday.
9.7 million dollars in funding for Chester Upland in final settlement of their lawsuit vs. state Department of Education.
35,000 dollar reward posted in the slaying of a Philadelphia police officer who was gunned down minutes after his shift ended early Saturday.
19 year veteran of the force, Officer Moses Walker Jr. had hoped to retire next year.
4 city police officers who have been killed in the line of duty just this year.
3.79 a gallon, average price we’re paying at pump in the Philly region. That’s up from $3.76 the week before.
$3.67, what we were paying last year.
19 states, including Pa., where California firm shipped lettuce that is being voluntarily recalled in the latest salmonella poisoning fear.
5 cases of West Nile virus detected in humans in southeastern Pa., including 2 in Delco.
3 hits and 4 RBI for Domonic Brown as the Phillies beat the Brewers, 8-0
8 shutout innings for Kyle Kendrick.
15 straight scoreless innings from Kendrick.
7 minute rain delay at the start of the game, in a stadium with a retractable roof. Oops!
1-1 draw for the Union against DC United.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
How exactly do you have a rain delay in a stadium with a retractable roof? Must have been one of those pesky pop-up storms.
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I Don’t Get It: A man who must register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law has listed Naylor’s Run Park in Upper Darby as his residence. And that’s OK by the state police. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Domonic Brown. He’s beginning to look more and more like the guy we’ve been hearing about for years. And also to Kyle Kendrick, who now has not allowed a run in his last two outings, over 15 innings.
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Quote Box: “It’s a little bittersweet because it is a family tradition.”
- Fran May, on the closing of May’s Water Ice, a landmark summer business in Chester. It’s been there for 65 years, but they are closing the doors forever.
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