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164 NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck YMCA’s preschool and early learning center received community support to provide child care for infants and toddlers. The YMCA received $500 donations from the Fortney family and Thomas and Emily Saunders as well as a $6,000 donation from the Naugatuck Rotary Foundation to fund a room for infants. The Connecticut Community Foundation gave the YMCA a $10,095 grant to finish work for a room for 1- and 2-year-old toddlers. The money was used to build the room and purchase supplies and equipment. “This effort is a testament to the community’s support of the Y...

She first heard about the project when the Capital Kiwi team held an open day at the local hall. “It was a bit of an outrageous idea.” In the end, it was the enthusiasm of everyone involved, and the presentation of the science behind it, which made her believe it was possible. Supplied Ruth Paul, children's author and Mākara resident, has about 10 Capital Kiwi traps on her property, doing her part to make the area safe for kiwi. “We’re looking at returning about 25 hectares of recently harvested forest to native bush,” Paul said. “Kiwi would be the cherry on the cake.”