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The Daily Numbers -- Feb. 28
The Daily Numbers: 140 feet above Folcroft, where two Peco workers found themselves stranded until they were snatched by a Coast Guard helicopter rescue team.
7 months since word first leaked out about a proposal to build a soccer stadium in Chester. Major League Soccer will be in town today to award the city of Chester its 16th franchise.
2,500 season tickets for the team’s games that the Sons of Ben, a group of local soccer fanatics, has pledged to buy for the games.
115 million dollars, the price tag for the stadium, including $47 million from the state and $30 million from the county.
0 real estate taxes the stadium/team investors will pay until 2013. The site sits in the city’s Keystone Opportunity Zone, set up to spur economic development.
360 permanent jobs expected to be created by the stadium, in addition to hundreds of construction jobs to build the joint.
60 acres along the waterfront just south of the Commodore Barry Bridge, where the sprawling office-entertainment-residential development tied to the stadium project will sit.
160 e-mails that officials in the Spring-Ford School District say a teacher sent to a 13-year-old female student. They have severed ties with the teacher.
100,000 dollars in fur coats believed ripped off from high-end shops in the Suburban Square Shopping Center in Ardmore by a big-time burglary ring.
200,000 bucks for the war on drugs picked up by Delco District Attorney G. Michael Green from the U.S. attorney yesterday.
280 million dollar contract to build 11 new CH-47F Chinook helicopters at the Boeing plant in Ridley.
3 percent dip in net income being reported by Aqua America Inc., one of the biggest water suppliers in the region.
13 million dollars being paid for the Gateway Corporate Center off Route 202 in Chadds Ford.
6 point lead for Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania, according to new Quinnipiac University poll. She now leads Barack Obama 49-43 percent. She led by 16 points just two weeks ago.
34,000 dollars in fraudulent checks that police allege neighbors wrote out in the name of a Feltonville man who died last April.
85,000 more union jobs reported in Pennsylvania last year. The total of union jobs in the state now stands at 830,000.
153 million jobs now up for grabs in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing.
24, age of man now wanted in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old in Philadelphia. The incident was sparked by a snowball fight.
8,000 bats in the Northeast states that have been killed by a mysterious disease. This has the makings of a horror movie.
18 pound chunk of ice that was thrown from a bridge in Allentown, killing a woman when it went through the windshield of her car. The 15-year-old convicted in the case will leave prison on May 13, his 21st birthday.
1,500 students who went on a rampage in Reading yesterday when an after-school gathering got out of control.
68 employees laid off by Philadelphia Newspaper Holdings, the company that owns the Inquirer and Daily News. Not good times in the news racket.
7 straight home wins for the Sixers, who took out the Magic, 101-89, at the Wachovia Center last night.
8 runs pounded out by the Phillies in their Grapefruit League opener yesterday, a resounding win over the Reds.
1 hit and 0 runs given up by Phils starter Jamie Moyer in 3 innings.
1 as in first place, for the Ottawa Senators. They fired their coach yesterday despite being atop the Eastern Conference.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Don’t look now, but more people are talking about the Phillies’ opening day pitcher than are blabbing about the Eagles’ prospects in free agency. This is a baseball town again!
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I Don’t Get It: Cable giant Comcast yesterday admitted they paid a lot of people to sit in the seats at a government hearing. They say they did it because they heard their critics planned a strong showing.
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Today’s Upper: The war on drugs got a big shot in the arm yesterday when Delco D.A. Mike Green took a trip downtown to pick up some federal money to target problems in what is referred to as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas.
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Quote Box: “It starts breaking down that old perception of what the city was in 1985. I think it gives us a chance to say there’s hope and this brand is on the way up.”
-- Dr. Brian Larson, associate professor of marketing at Widener University in Chester, on the continued economic development along the city’s waterfront, which today will include announcement of a new 18,500-seat stadium in which a Major League Soccer franchise will play its games.
7 months since word first leaked out about a proposal to build a soccer stadium in Chester. Major League Soccer will be in town today to award the city of Chester its 16th franchise.
2,500 season tickets for the team’s games that the Sons of Ben, a group of local soccer fanatics, has pledged to buy for the games.
115 million dollars, the price tag for the stadium, including $47 million from the state and $30 million from the county.
0 real estate taxes the stadium/team investors will pay until 2013. The site sits in the city’s Keystone Opportunity Zone, set up to spur economic development.
360 permanent jobs expected to be created by the stadium, in addition to hundreds of construction jobs to build the joint.
60 acres along the waterfront just south of the Commodore Barry Bridge, where the sprawling office-entertainment-residential development tied to the stadium project will sit.
160 e-mails that officials in the Spring-Ford School District say a teacher sent to a 13-year-old female student. They have severed ties with the teacher.
100,000 dollars in fur coats believed ripped off from high-end shops in the Suburban Square Shopping Center in Ardmore by a big-time burglary ring.
200,000 bucks for the war on drugs picked up by Delco District Attorney G. Michael Green from the U.S. attorney yesterday.
280 million dollar contract to build 11 new CH-47F Chinook helicopters at the Boeing plant in Ridley.
3 percent dip in net income being reported by Aqua America Inc., one of the biggest water suppliers in the region.
13 million dollars being paid for the Gateway Corporate Center off Route 202 in Chadds Ford.
6 point lead for Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania, according to new Quinnipiac University poll. She now leads Barack Obama 49-43 percent. She led by 16 points just two weeks ago.
34,000 dollars in fraudulent checks that police allege neighbors wrote out in the name of a Feltonville man who died last April.
85,000 more union jobs reported in Pennsylvania last year. The total of union jobs in the state now stands at 830,000.
153 million jobs now up for grabs in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing.
24, age of man now wanted in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old in Philadelphia. The incident was sparked by a snowball fight.
8,000 bats in the Northeast states that have been killed by a mysterious disease. This has the makings of a horror movie.
18 pound chunk of ice that was thrown from a bridge in Allentown, killing a woman when it went through the windshield of her car. The 15-year-old convicted in the case will leave prison on May 13, his 21st birthday.
1,500 students who went on a rampage in Reading yesterday when an after-school gathering got out of control.
68 employees laid off by Philadelphia Newspaper Holdings, the company that owns the Inquirer and Daily News. Not good times in the news racket.
7 straight home wins for the Sixers, who took out the Magic, 101-89, at the Wachovia Center last night.
8 runs pounded out by the Phillies in their Grapefruit League opener yesterday, a resounding win over the Reds.
1 hit and 0 runs given up by Phils starter Jamie Moyer in 3 innings.
1 as in first place, for the Ottawa Senators. They fired their coach yesterday despite being atop the Eastern Conference.
*
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Don’t look now, but more people are talking about the Phillies’ opening day pitcher than are blabbing about the Eagles’ prospects in free agency. This is a baseball town again!
*
I Don’t Get It: Cable giant Comcast yesterday admitted they paid a lot of people to sit in the seats at a government hearing. They say they did it because they heard their critics planned a strong showing.
*
Today’s Upper: The war on drugs got a big shot in the arm yesterday when Delco D.A. Mike Green took a trip downtown to pick up some federal money to target problems in what is referred to as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas.
*
Quote Box: “It starts breaking down that old perception of what the city was in 1985. I think it gives us a chance to say there’s hope and this brand is on the way up.”
-- Dr. Brian Larson, associate professor of marketing at Widener University in Chester, on the continued economic development along the city’s waterfront, which today will include announcement of a new 18,500-seat stadium in which a Major League Soccer franchise will play its games.
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