🌱 Chester worker convicted in deadly 2024 linen store shooting

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• Chester worker convicted in deadly 2024 linen store shooting

Also on today's calendar: Gordon Douglas, Comedian and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 86, low: 67. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 70 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Delco man convicted of murder in 2024 rampage shooting at Chester linen store (audacy.com) — A Chester man has been convicted of murdering two co‑workers and wounding three others in a 2024 shooting at Delaware County Linen in Chester, with jurors finding him guilty of first‑degree murder and attempted murder. Prosecutors said more people might have died if his gun hadn’t jammed; he now faces a mandatory life sentence, with formal sentencing scheduled for October.
   

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📸 Around Chester

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chester

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday July 25

• Gordon Douglas, Comedian →
  Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting, 119 Beaver Valley Rd, Chadds Ford
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday July 26

• Vinyasa Flow Yoga
  Tyler Arboretum 515 Painter Road, Media, PA 19063
  9:15 am

Monday July 27

• Planning Commission Meeting →
  Upper Providence Twp https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81073678818?pwd=QXlVSzR2U1ByLzlYT2xIVEZCZmQzZz09 Meeting ID: 810 7367 8818 
  7:00 pm

Tuesday July 28

• TUESDAY SHOT & MICROCHIP CLINIC
  Providence Animal Center , 555 Sandy Bank Road, Media, PA, 19063, United States
  4:00 pm
• Township Council Committees Meeting →
  Upper Providence Twp - Upper Providence Township 935 N. Providence Road Media PA 19063
  7:00 pm

Saturday August 1

• Gentle Flow Yoga
  Tyler Arboretum 515 Painter Road, Media, PA 19063
  9:15 am
• Mushroom Walk
  Tyler Arboretum 515 Painter Road, Media, PA 19063
  9:30 am
• Saturday Wildflower Walk
  Tyler Arboretum 515 Painter Road, Media, PA 19063
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday July 25

• Gentle Flow Yoga
  Tyler Arboretum 515 Painter Road, Media, PA 19063
  9:15 am
• Chester Justice Celebration →
  ACCESS Chester Community Center, 701 Booth St, Chester
  11:00 am
• Saturday Wildflower Walk
  Tyler Arboretum 515 Painter Road, Media, PA 19063
  11:00 am
• Swarthmore Send-Off in Austin
  Swarthmore College - Featured Events Swarthmore, PA 19081
  1:00 pm
• In-Person Highlights Tour
  Scotts Arboretum of Swarthmore College Scott Arboretum Offices, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA, Uni
  2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ShopRite Supermarkets posted a job opening for ShopRite - Bakery Clerk in Chester. Apply here.
• Widener University posted a job opening for Adjunct- Simulation Lab Assistant, School of Nursing in Chester. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chester here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Ridley Park

• Delaware County church services file for July 24, 2026 (delcotimes.com)

Media

• ‘The show must go on,' Trump says in rambling speech at rescheduled correspondents' dinner (mainlinemedianews.com)
• Things to do: Make the World Better concert weekend and Philly Dance Day (whyy.org)
• Chelsea Handler's open letter to family's ‘lack of manners' on vacation has the internet divided (nbcphiladelphia.com)

West Chester

• Great Dane Attacks Sheriff's Deputy Serving Papers In Chester Co. (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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