The Daily Numbers for Tuesday, Feb. 24

The Daily Numbers: 1 degree, what my odometer said it was when I got in the car this morning.

0, what it hit during the ride into work.

8 degrees, what AccuWeather said we’re at at 7:45 a.m.

24, today’s high temperature.

777,456 cubic feet of natural gas used for home heating on Feb. 15, setting a new record, according to PECO. That shattered the previous mark of 759,660 cubic feet used last Jan. 7, 2014, during the Polar Vortex.

10 days to start March which are supposed to track colder than normal.

2 families who have filed suit against Southeast Delco School District and former teacher Paul Hochschwender in connection with ‘inappropriate touching.’

224,000 dollar grant that will likely preserve the Little Flower Manor site in Darby Borough as open space.

4 years probation for a Ridley Park man in connection with his role in a hit-run case.

2 city firefighters who suffered minior injuries while battle a house blaze on West 10th Street yesterday.

15-10 vote by a state House panel on a bill to privatize liquor sales in Pennsylvania.

1,200 additional liquor licenses that would be granted under the plan. Existing state stores would be phased out.

1,800 privately owned stores that will likely pop up to take their place.

605 state stores in the current system that generate more than $2.24 billion in revenue.

2,028 full-time state store workers who could lose their jobs.

4-1 vote by Concord planners last night in favor of a highly controversial plan to develop a patch of open space on what is known as the Beaver Valley.

230 acres of a 318-acre parcel that could be developed.

163 new homes that could be sprouting on the open space.

8 months, how long an Upper Darby woman has been missing. Family and friends are desperate for any word on whereabouts of Amanda De Guio.

220 billion dollar discrimination lawsuit filed against Comcast.

119-108 loss for the Sixers in Miami to the Heat last night.

29 points for Luol Deng.

51-39 loss for the Garnet Valley girls to Abington last night, putting the Jags into the playback bracket in District One play.

57-52 win for Sun Valley girls over Lower Moreland.

67-51 win for Glen Mills over Bishop Shanahan.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.

Chase Utley says he is still dealing with the effects of an ankle sprain. Why don’t I like the sound of that?

I Don’t Get It: What happened to Nate Allen. I don’t get it. Can someone offer the Eagle an apology?

Today’s Upper: Kudos to all those involved with gathering state funds to preserve Little Flower Manor as an open tract in Darby Borough.

Quote Box: “Shame on you."

- Chant of residents in audience as the Concord planners voted to approve development of a tract in the Beaver Valley.

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