This is a very big weekend in the city of Chester.
What happened Thursday night is probably not the way they wanted it to start. The manager of the Rite-Aid drug store at Ninth and Highland was gunned down during what appears to be a robbery.
Police are now looking for a man and woman that were captured on video surveillance.
Drug stores and pharmacies are increasingly becoming targets. Either for the cash, or for the powerful painkillers inside.
Unfortunately today no one likely will be talking about Chester Photo Day, a great promotion being pushed by Linda Braceland, head of the Chester Business Authority and Art at Avenue of the States.
They are asking people to take a single photo someplace in the city on Saturday, and they will display them in their gallery.
Saturday also is the hugely successful Riverfront Ramble, when thousands of people will come into the city and flock to its gorgeous waterfront for a day of fun, food, crafts and music.
It reminds me of something former Mayor Wendell Butler always used to say when he talked about the image Chester has in the eyes of most people in Delaware County.
He would always say that until people are convinced they can come into the city, go about their business, and return home without thinking about their safety, the city would have issues.
Thousands will do that Saturday. Just as 20,000 often do to take in Union soccer games at PPL Park.
No one likely will be talking about that.
What they’ll be talking about is a store manager gunned down in cold blood while just trying to do his job.
Nope, not the way the city wanted to start this weekend.
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