Getting teens fired up about public service

County course offers opportunity for hands-on experience As her colleagues watch, Hayleigh Hunter, 17, of Avon Grove High, drains the fire hydrant so that the hose can be attached. By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times While many of their peers lounged at home or hung out at the mall this past weekend, a group of county teens took turns wrestling with hoses, matching wits with ladders,...

For public, inside look at emergency backup

County’s Amateur Radio Field Day exercises, equipment on view this weekend By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Members of the Chester County Amateur Radio Emergency Service/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (ARES/RACES) will participate in the 80th Annual Radio Field Service Day, a 24-hour exercise that begins Saturday at 2 p.m. and is open to the public. Waves of amateur radio...