The Daily Numbers: 6.7 million dollars, how much Delcora spends each year fighting infiltration. They want inspections done when properties change hands, a push that is raising hackles with local realtors.
325 acre Woodlawn Trustees parcel that is center of the latest open space discussion out in Concord Township.
2 times a Ridley Park man has now been charged with making racial slurs at concerts over in Camden. Riley Cooper, meet Darren Walp.
1 week little 7-month-old Hamza Ali has now been missing from a home in Upper Darby. His mother's boyfriend, Ummad Rushdi, has been charged with kidnapping. Police continue to search for Hamza's body.
1 percent hike in state sales tax, from 6 percent to 7 percent, proposed as a way to elminiate property taxes in the state.
3.07 percent to 4.35 percent increase in personal income tax under the plan.
2 Chester Upland schools being saved by an uptick in enrollment. Both Chester Upland School of the Arts, and Main Street Elementary School will now remain open.
2,800 students expected in Chester Upland when the doors to schools open in September, that's an increase of about 600 students.
5 cent dip in price of gas nationally over the last week, according to AAA.
3.56, average price at the pump across the nation.
3.67, what we're paying here in the Philly region.
3.72, what we were paying a week ago.
3.76, what we were paying a year ago.
5,000 animals being taken in every year at the Chester County SPCA, which is now being criticized for the number of animals that are euthanized there.
30,000 dollars a month, how much Delaware County is paying the Chester County SPCA to take unwanted animals from Delco.
6.4 million people in Pennsylvania in the labor force.
11 straight road losses for the Phillies.
17 of 20 the Phils have now dropped.
10 strikeouts for Stephen Strasburg as the Nats cruised, 6-0.
999 wins and holding for Phils skipper Charlie Manuel.
3 game set starts tonight in Atlanta. Remember when we thought this was going to mean something?
52-65 mark for the Phillies.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Cary Williams believes the Eagles need to get meaner. That's hard to do when you don't tackle to the ground in practice.
I Don’t Get It: Darren Walp apparently did not learn his lesson. The Ridley Park man has been charged a second time with making racial slurs outside a concert over in Camden. Now police are hoping to keep him on this side of the bridge.
Today’s Upper: Kudos toEsmiana Jani, the Marple Newtown grad who is now being featured with the Washington Ballet.
Quote Box: "This is a huge problem for us in the county."
- DELCORA boss Joseph Salvucci, on infiltration and inflow of stormwater into the sewage system. The're proposed sewer lines be tested with property transers, a move opposed by local real estate groups.
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