The Daily Numbers: 163rd District state House race, where Republicans continue to lob grenades at Democrat Vince Rongione’s claims to residency.
40-room hotel that will be part of a new development in Swarthmore that will require a roundabout on Route 320. A petition opposing the measure has been withdrawn.
18 age of Glenolden teen and former student at the Haverford School who has admitted his role in pot-selling ring based at the school.
32-2-54, that’s the district court in Springfield, where new Magisterial District Judge James Merkins now presides.
6 month search process under way in Springfield School District to find a new superintendent to replace outgoing boss James Capolupo.
2 handguns, 2 rifles and $100,000 in cash seized in drug raid in Drexel Hill over the weekend.
2 million dollar grant for SAP in Newtown Square. It will upgrade the firm’s data center and help retain 375 jobs.
4,700 SEPTA trolley, bus and subway operators who have authorized their union to call a strike. No work stoppage is planned this week.
1.86 billion dollar sale of Philadelphia Gas Works that has been nixed by City Council.
1,150 PGW workers who are members of Utility Workers Union of America Local 686 opposed the sale.
3.5 million dollars raked in by the city of Philadelphia from its red-light cameras.
6 vehicles operated by the new Uber ride-sharing service seized by the Philadelphia Parking Authority.
64, age of Pa. Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery, who is retiring from the court in the wake of a porn email scandal.
66, age of actress Marcis Strassman, who starred as the wife in the TV sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter” with Gabe Kaplan. She died after battling breast cancer.
20-17 win for the Washington Redskins over the Dallas Cowboys in OT on Monday Night Football.
6-2 mark for the Cowboys, one game up on the 5-2 Eagles in the NFC East.
2 yards and 6 inches, the difference between the Eagles being 5-2 and 7-0. They failed to punch it in from inside the 2-yard-line against both the 49ers and Cardinals. They lost both games.
3-0 mark for Eagles with Jason Kelce at center. They’re 2-2 with David Molk filling in. The Eagles are hoping to get Kelce back in the lineup this week.
3-2 win for Carroll girls over Bonner-Prendergast in Catholic League field hockey playoff tilt. They will face O’Hara for the title.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
If anyone can figure out what the Knicks and Sixers were doing with that trade yesterday, please let me know.
I Don’t Get It: That kid who opened fire on his classmates at a high school outside Seattle actually invited them to lunch, then sprayed the table with bullets. I don’t get it.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to some good folks in Media who banded together to build a ramp for a handicapped neighbor. Well done.
Quote Box: “This is extremely important. This is the Constitution, something we are supposed to uphold and use to make laws.”
- Republican Jamie Santora, on questions about the residency of his opponent, Democrat Vince Rongione, in the 163rd House seat race.
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