The Daily Numbers: 1 Pa. trooper killed, 1 wounded in ambush outside their barracks in Blooming Grove, Pa.
50,000 dollar reward now being offered in the case.
50 college students who attended a rally for Dem Pa. gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf in Media yesterday.
15 years, how long they have been talking bout building a Town Center in Swarthmore.
40 room inn and restaurant at the heart of the center.
542, as in the union local of Operating Engineers who threw their backing to Tom McGarrigle in 26th District state Senate race.
100 people who packed the Yeadon Library on Saturday for the official opening of the facility’s new wing.
5 million dollar expansion project that is transforming the intersection of Routes 1 and 252 and along Rose Tree Park.
2 lanes being converted into 4 - 2 in each direction - via this project.
24 acres of the 318-acre SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery that will be developed.
350 Eastern University students who joined Chester Mayor John Linder Saturday for a city-wide cleanup project.
6 percent break on property taxes for most homeowners derived from slot machine gambling in Pa. Some low-income seniors got a lot more.
187 dollars, average knocked off most homeowners’ tax bills.
12 percent, property tax rise during the same period.
2 losses to open the season for the New York Giants. Both the Redskins and Cowboys won, while the Eagles wait to play the Colts tonight on Monday Night Football.
3 run lead blown in the 9th inning by Jonathan Papelbon as the Phils fell to the Marlins, 5-4.
19 for 19 in save attempts for Papelbon vs. Marlins until yesterday.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Raise your hand if you survived a gorgeous September Sunday just fine without the Eagles and the NFL?
I Don’t Get It: Jonathan Papelbon says he was not making a gesture to the fans when he ‘adjusted’ himself yesterday as he exited after blowing 9th inning save. Umpire Joe West disagreed and ejected him.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to those who braved the rain on Saturday for a city-wide cleanup project in Chester.
Quote Box: “Anything they can do to slow it down and force the college to spend more money on legal fees is a win in their book.”
- Swarthmore resident Billy Hodges, on the opposition to Roundabout and Town Center plan.
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