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The Daily Numbers -- Dec. 31
The Daily Numbers: 1 month on electronic home monitoring for former Penn-Delco superintendent Leslye Abrutyn in the Quick Start scandal.
11 months on probation. 0 days in jail. Lots of unhappy residents.
15,000 fine she’ll also pay for her role in the scandal that shook the district and cost her the job that paid her $206,000 a year.
2 teens killed in a crash early Sunday morning when their car slammed into several trees on Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia. The driver was the son of a Philly police officer.
25 mile chase as cops pursued a man who had barricaded himself in his Pottstown house before fleeing in his car. The chase ended in a shootout in West Norriton. He’s now in the hospital.
107 years of tradition that will kick off once again tomorrow morning when the Mummers are due to strut their stuff on Broad Street, weather permitting.
4 DUI checkpoints that will be in place by police in Delaware tonight. Similar measures for New Year’s Eve will be set up in a couple of locations in Delco.
2 days inside a furniture store in Ridley for a hawk before a wildlife specialist managed to trap it and then set it free.
10 percent tax on all alcoholic drinks served in bars and restaurants in Pittsburgh starting at midnight. Maybe last call tonight will be 11:59.
29 hearses lined up in Philadelphia to mark another deadly year.
391 homicides that have been recorded in the City of Brotherly Love with one day left in 2007.
41 murders recorded in Delaware County.
2 team records set for Brian Westbrook yesterday, including most yards from scrimmage and receptions. The guy is a legitimate MVP candidate.
8 wins, 8 losses for the Eagles. A mediocre season.
3 straight wins to end the season. So is there reason for optimism for next year?
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
2008 will kick off on a decidedly down note. The NFL kicks off its playoffs on Saturday. The Eagles will not be there. Instead the Birds will clean out their lockers today and lament what coulda, shoulda, woulda been this year. It’s going to be a long winter.
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I Don’t Get It: Why exactly is it people find the need to shoot off guns tonight at the strike of midnight? I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: No, we haven’t had a championship parade in this town in 25 years. Not since the Sixers brought everyone to Broad Street in 1983. Of course, we do have our own special brand of parade. Happens every Jan. 1. We call it the Mummers.
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Quote Box: “It is really very sad that a woman of her intelligence and professional status will be remembered for these allegedly illegal actions instead of for the good that was done in her first years as superintendent.”
-- Penn-Delco School Board Member Carol Cannon, on the plea entered by former Superintendent Leslye Abrutyn.
11 months on probation. 0 days in jail. Lots of unhappy residents.
15,000 fine she’ll also pay for her role in the scandal that shook the district and cost her the job that paid her $206,000 a year.
2 teens killed in a crash early Sunday morning when their car slammed into several trees on Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia. The driver was the son of a Philly police officer.
25 mile chase as cops pursued a man who had barricaded himself in his Pottstown house before fleeing in his car. The chase ended in a shootout in West Norriton. He’s now in the hospital.
107 years of tradition that will kick off once again tomorrow morning when the Mummers are due to strut their stuff on Broad Street, weather permitting.
4 DUI checkpoints that will be in place by police in Delaware tonight. Similar measures for New Year’s Eve will be set up in a couple of locations in Delco.
2 days inside a furniture store in Ridley for a hawk before a wildlife specialist managed to trap it and then set it free.
10 percent tax on all alcoholic drinks served in bars and restaurants in Pittsburgh starting at midnight. Maybe last call tonight will be 11:59.
29 hearses lined up in Philadelphia to mark another deadly year.
391 homicides that have been recorded in the City of Brotherly Love with one day left in 2007.
41 murders recorded in Delaware County.
2 team records set for Brian Westbrook yesterday, including most yards from scrimmage and receptions. The guy is a legitimate MVP candidate.
8 wins, 8 losses for the Eagles. A mediocre season.
3 straight wins to end the season. So is there reason for optimism for next year?
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
2008 will kick off on a decidedly down note. The NFL kicks off its playoffs on Saturday. The Eagles will not be there. Instead the Birds will clean out their lockers today and lament what coulda, shoulda, woulda been this year. It’s going to be a long winter.
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I Don’t Get It: Why exactly is it people find the need to shoot off guns tonight at the strike of midnight? I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: No, we haven’t had a championship parade in this town in 25 years. Not since the Sixers brought everyone to Broad Street in 1983. Of course, we do have our own special brand of parade. Happens every Jan. 1. We call it the Mummers.
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Quote Box: “It is really very sad that a woman of her intelligence and professional status will be remembered for these allegedly illegal actions instead of for the good that was done in her first years as superintendent.”
-- Penn-Delco School Board Member Carol Cannon, on the plea entered by former Superintendent Leslye Abrutyn.
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