The Daily Numbers for Thursday, March 20

The Daily Numbers: 20, as in March 20, 1st day of spring. Hallelujah!

50s, high temps for today and Friday.

63, expected on Saturday.

3 local teams getting into the March Madness today. Delaware, Saint Joe’s and Villanova all play 1st round games, starting with Delaware at 4:30.

7 for Saint Joe’s tipoff with UConn.

9:30 start for ‘Nova vs. Milwaukee.

10,000 dollars bail for a woman in Chester Township charged with firing a shot at her husband , who was holding her 1-year-old child, in a domestic incident. She told police it was an accident.

3, age of ailing Brayden Chandler of Springfield, who will be focus of a fundraiser all day on Saturday.

160,000 people across Pennsylvania who have signed up for health care plans under the affordable Care Act.

31 of March, the deadline to sign up.

73 mph, how fast a woman was driving when she struck and killed a 52-year-old Chester woman. She’s now on trial for DUI in the fatal crash.

0 tax hikes for 3 years in Millbourne, followed by a 1-mill increase this year, allowing the borough to escape its ‘distressed’ tag. Gov. Tom Corbett will be in town today to make it official.

717,000 dollars in liquid fuels funds allocated by County Council to the 49 municipalities.

16 of June, final day of school for Upper Darby students, for a total of 176 days. That is provided the state goes ahead with the green light for 4 days lost due to snow.

3 former LCB officials who are facing probes tied to taking gifts.

36 percent of U.S. workers who indicate they have less than $1,000 in investments and savings that could be used for retirement.

60 percent of workers who have less than $25,000.

74 precent of smartphone owners who say they will sneak a peek at NCAA scores today during breaks.

12 percent say they will do it during meetings.

1.2 billion dollars to be paid by Toyota for hiding defects that caused sudden acceleration in their cars.

114 point decline for the stock market yesterday.

22 straight losses for the Sixers. 26 would tie the NBA record.

.115 spring batting average for Jimmy Rollins, who went 1-4 yesterday.

5-13-2 mark for the Phillies so far this spring.

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Forget all the talk about trading Jimmy Rollins. He’s not going anywhere right now. Check back, however, if the Phils are out of it early.

I Don’t Get It: Can’t believe that on the first day of spring, I just heard a weather person mention possibility of snow next week.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to both Gaetano’s and Clank’s, the finalists in our March Madness of Delco Pizza contest. Clank’s won the online voting.

Quote Box: “It’s kind of a big day for us and we appreciate the governor coming.”

- Millbourne Council President Jeannette MacNeille, on expected announcement today that borough no longer is considered ‘distressed.’

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