EAST BRADY — Area residents will no longer be able to take a quick jaunt to the bottom of the hill to restock their kitchen. Taylor’s Riverside market announced last week that it will close it doors soon in this riverside town, leaving many residents concerned about where they will do their shopping. “I never bothered going anywhere else to shop,” said East Brady resident Hedy Van Tassel. “I like it here. This is convenient and their prices were good.” Store owner Chris Taylor would not comment on why the store was closing, and employees at the store didn’t seem to know the reason either. Taylor is also closing a store he owns in nearby Petrolia. “All I know is that we will be out of work in a few weeks, and the 22 employees will be seeking new employment,” said Wade Ion, manager at the Petrolia store. The store will be closing when the store runs out of inventory, Taylor said. All items at the store were marked 20 percent off on Wednesday, with additional mark-downs on certain items like greeting cards. The closing is especially difficult for seniors, who will now have to travel several miles to Rimersburg, Chicora or even further to fill large grocery lists. Dorothy Wimer, an elderly resident in town, said she can still drive when the roads aren’t bad, but said it will be difficult when bad weather is coming. “You’re not used to stocking up,” she said, because Taylor’s Riverside was in town, at the bottom of the hill, next to the bridge. Perhaps those most affected by the closing will be elderly residents living at a highrise in town, said Vickie Best, an employee at the highrise who lives in Bradys Bend. “It’s just an inconvenience for everybody,” she said, adding that residents will now have to board a van and ride to Rimersburg for groceries. Best said the store did good business, especially in the summer when campers stopped to buy items for camp. “It was busy all the time,” she said. Van Tassel said the store’s closing will affect how she prepares food, because she’ll have to determine whether she has enough food to make a meal. “You really have to think now when you do something in the kitchen,” she said. Additionally, when summer weather arrives, Van Tassel said, she was uncertain whether perishable goods like ice cream or lunch meat would survive a longer trip to the store. “Maybe I’ll have to bring a cooler with me,” she said. Both Wimer and Best said the closing would negatively affect the town’s economy, because if people left town to shop, they may also move their banking and other business out of town too. “It’s going to hurt the economy of the town,” Wimer said. “I just hope somebody else moves in.” “We can’t have East Brady without a grocery store,” Best said.

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