The Daily Numbers: 6 months, that’s how long a group has in Darby Borough to save a 25-year-old home many believe has significant historical ties.
75,000 dollars, how much the group needs to acquire the site from the developer.
35 residents who showed up last night for a public hearing on the planned demolition of the old Kent Mills in Clifton Heights.
15-1 margin when it comes to fundraising. That’s how much more U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan has raised compared to his Democratic challenger Mary Ellen Balchunis.
243,600 dollars raised in the period May 1 to June 30 by Meehan.
15,310 raised by Balchunis.
72, age of woman doing tutoring in her home who is being targeted by zoning officials in Upper Darby.
2.2 percent salary hike for administrators in the Upper Darby School District.
11:30 p.m., when a woman says she was held up at gunpoint as she got off the trolley in Aldan.
34, age of Marple man who entered plea in child porn case this week.
120 dollars and a gold necklace, what 2 men got during burglary in which they strangled a Philly couple to death.
4 state legislators who now face an ethics probe tied to allegations they accepted cash gifts.
190 million dollars, how much Johns Hopkins Health Systems in Baltimore is paying to settle suits brought by patients who were unknowingly videotaped by rogue doc during procedures.
25 Israeli soldiers now killed in the ground incursion into Gaza.
48 point decline for stock market yesterday.
14 hits last night for the Phils. Every one of them singles.
7-4 loss to the Giants.
6 runs on 12 hits in 5 2//3 innings for Cliff Lee in his return to the hill.
3 days until Eagles report for training camp.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
The Phillies are now using metal detectors on fans entering the park at one gate. If they’re looking for weapons of mass destruction, I think we can rule out the Phils’ bats.
I Don’t Get It: No one should have to deal with the grief heaped on the families of the victims of Malaysia Flight 17. The fact that they now can’t get the bodies of their loved ones back from Russia is almost beyond belief. I don’t get it.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to the community in Yeadon, Darby and Sharon Hill who are rallying to aid the victims of the fatal fire that took the lives of 4 children a few blocks away in Southwest Philly.
Quote Box: “I don’t want people to think I’m a coldhearted developer who does not care about the town and a history of that building.”
- Developer Davoud Baravordeh, who owns the historic property on Darby Terrace in Darby Borough. He’s going to give the community six months to raise the money to save the structure.
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