The Daily Numbers: 2,190 foreclosures handled by Delco Sheriff Joe McGinn last year.
5,300 homes in foreclosure across Pennsylvania so far this year.
3 days of 90-plus temperatures, which constitutes a heat wave. We’re expected to be over 90 through Thursday.
1 Pekingese dog stolen from a Jeep in the parking lot of the Brandywine Town Center in Delaware.
105,000 barrels of oil on board a tanker that went aground on the Delaware River Sunday night.
415 million dollars now at stake in the Powerball and Mega Millions lottery drawings this week because no one has hit the jackpot recently.
50,000 dollars to be spent in Marple for a sidewalk on Paxon Hollow Road from Paxon Hollow Middle School to Jamestown Road.
20 years of having Aramark handle food services for the Chester Upland School District that could be going by the boards with a new deal to Chartwells.
31, age of Philly man who died after a traffic stop and his subsequent arrest by Pa. State Police.
27, age of Glen Mills man who died in a crash in Chester County when his car slammed into another one. Police say 1 suspect in the striking car, and both men in the car that was hit fled the scene.
4 video cameras now watching over a park and ball field in Upland, where vandalism has been a recurring problem.
60,000 dollars a year for the new code enforcement officer in Upper Providence.
22, age of man suspected in sexual assault in Philly who was captured by a group of neighbors in an Overbrook alley and held until police arrived.
10 percent of Philadelphia’s police force that is out on disability on most days. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says that’s unacceptable.
3 teens who go on trial today in the fatal attack on Upper Darby native Sean Conroy on a SEPTA subway concourse.
37 intersections on Route 13 in Delco that will get $3 million in improvements.
2.71 a gallon, the average price in the Philly region.
75 mph winds whipped up by Hurricane Bill, which is churning out in the Atlantic. It’s the 1st hurricane of the season.
2 home runs for Ryan Howard to lead the Phils over the Braves last night. That’s 30 on the season for the slugger.
1 hour, 37 minute rain delay that pushed back last night’s 8 p.m. start for the Phils and Braves.
3 hits over 7 and two-thirds innings for Phils starter J.A. Happ. He improves to 9-2 on the year.
3 Pro Bowls on the shelf on Michael Vick, who is now the property of the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.If the Eagles were hoping to knock the Phillies off the Back Page with their move to hire Michael Vick, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.
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I Don’t Get It: Now there’s still another story circulating about how exactly Brett Myers managed to come up with a swollen right eye. Somehow I don’t think we’ve heard the last of this one.
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Today’s Upper: Hey, that’s why they call it summer. It took a lot longer than expected, but it looks like summer is finally here.
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Quote Box: “I don’t remember sleeping or eating. We didn’t care that we were dirty and muddy. I just remember the music and a genuine feeling of peacefulness.”
- Delco resident Audi Henshaw Flanagan, remember her weekend at Woodstock 40 years ago.