{"id":8220,"date":"2013-08-08T11:18:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T15:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2013-08-08T11:18:05","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T15:18:05","slug":"labare-named-longwood-fire-co-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=8220","title":{"rendered":"LaBare named Longwood Fire Co. captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_17547\">\n<dt>\n<div id=\"attachment_8221\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Mert-LaBare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8221\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8221 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Mert LaBare is the new captain of Longwood Fire Company.\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Mert-LaBare-300x238.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Mert-LaBare-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Mert-LaBare.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mert LaBare is the new captain of Longwood Fire Company.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>KENNETT \u2014 Mert LaBare of Kennett Township has been named the new Captain of Longwood Fire Company.<\/p>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLongwood provides valuable services to the community and I\u2019m honored to have an opportunity to contribute by being captain,\u201d LaBare said. \u201cWe\u2019re here to serve people in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaBare said six years ago he became associated with Longwood Fire Company as part of the fire police unit. <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was given a pager and was on a fire engine that first night,\u201d LaBare said. \u201cI haven\u2019t looked back since.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaBare, who assumed his duties within the last month, said his biggest challenge is finding the time needed to complete the tasks of captain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is much to do here. We\u2019re seeking volunteers to help. Anyone wanting to support and contribute to the community is welcomed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Longwood Fire Company has served the communities of Kennett, East Marlborough, Pennsbury and Pocopson townships since 1921. Longwood Fire Company provides fire and rescue and emergency medical services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For more information see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longwoodfireco.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.longwoodfireco.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KENNETT \u2014 Mert LaBare of Kennett Township has been named the new Captain of Longwood Fire Company. \u201cLongwood provides valuable services to the community and I\u2019m honored to have an opportunity to contribute by being captain,\u201d LaBare said. \u201cWe\u2019re here to serve people in need.\u201d LaBare said six years ago he became associated with Longwood [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,4],"tags":[759,55,277,3019,149],"class_list":["post-8220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-featured","tag-east-marlborough","tag-kennett","tag-longwood-fire-company","tag-pennsybury","tag-pocopson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}