The Daily Numbers: 99 glorious years for Peggy Witmer, the biggest fan of the Prospect Park Termites youth football team and Interboro High.
50 players who returned the favor and offered a very special salute to her on her birthday.
2 candidates for County Council - 1 Republican and 1 Democrat - who apppeared at a forum to kick off election season last night.
0 tax hike likely to be announced by the all-Republican County Council today.
1975, when the El Faro, which is believed to have sunk in Hurricane Joaquin off the Bahamas, was built at Sun Ship in Chester.
18, age of teen who sparked a police chase through several towns that wound up in an accident that pinned a 55-year-old man between cars at an apartment complex in Glenolden.
22, age of man charged with assaulting a police officer in Glenolden.
22, age of transgender woman found beaten and fatally shot on Philadelphia street yesterday.
1.4 billion in new revenue being eyed by Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf to close budget gap.
2.4 billion next year.
3.57 percent personal income tax under the Wolf plan. That’s up from current 3.07 percent, down from his original 3.7 percent.
3.5 percent tax on natural gas drilling. That’s down from his original call for 5 percent levy.
0 hike in state sales tax. He originally wanted hike from 6 percent to 6.6 percent.
0 increase in cigarette tax. Originally he wanted to hike levy from $1.60 to $2.60.
102 votes, what Wolf needs in the House to pass his plan.
3 offensive linemen who did not practice yesterday for the Eagles.
129-95 loss for 76ers in their preseason opener.
12 points for rookie Jalil Okafor in his debut.
13 points for Nerlins Noel.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Nice to see the Sixers pick up right where they left off. They got blown out in their preseason opener last night by the Wizards.
I Don’t Get It: Are we just going to sit and await each day now for the next “person spotted with a gun” panic?
Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Prospect Park and Interboro community for yesterday’s honor for longtime fan Peggy Witmer. Well done.
Quote Box: “Behind every great man stands a great woman, and some would even say, a greater woman.”
- Rick Neill, at yesterday’s honor for Peggy Witmer.
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